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Dig What I say

By Tony Adamo
Label: Saint Jaz Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: DIG WHAT I SAY
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Adamo’s preaching, best described as sing-speak (as opposed to pure rap) has great substance. It’s historical heroin, as there’s mention and pungent reflection as the names are popped without corn. He’s a jazz matador swirling his verbal cape as the groove-beast bursts by. Tenor man, Gary Steinberg is a perfect partner for Adamo and this environment. Laying down solid soul, he’s got a virile edge and an edgy sound that’s deep cut with funk. The rhythm bed with Tim Campbell’s B-3 and programmed drums is muscular and holds nothing back, but definitely holds court.
Jazz has a long history of scatting and its counterpart, vocalise, where words are applied to well-known solos. Ella Fitgerald, Mel Torme, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks, and Giacomo Gates are some in that pantheon. However, Adamo’s sing-speak technique is unique verbiage as he’s a griot, a ferocious jazz story-spinner both simultaneously hot and very cool, as you will hear.
Dig What I Say – and for that matter, all of Adamo’s efforts in his voluminous bag of goodies are an enjoyable and a very unique experience. You dig?
~Nick Mondello
Dig What I Say
Featuring the music of Tony Adamo
Duration: 3:32
Adamo’s preaching, best described as sing-speak (as opposed to pure rap) has great substance. It’s historical heroin, as there’s mention and pungent reflection as the names are popped without corn. He’s a jazz matador swirling his verbal cape as the groove-beast bursts by. Tenor man, Gary Steinberg is a perfect partner for Adamo and this environment. Laying down solid soul, he’s got a virile edge and an edgy sound that’s deep cut with funk. The rhythm bed with Tim Campbell’s B-3 and programmed drums is muscular and holds nothing back, but definitely holds court.
Jazz has a long history of scatting and its counterpart, vocalise, where words are applied to well-known solos. Ella Fitgerald, Mel Torme, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks, and Giacomo Gates are some in that pantheon. However, Adamo’s sing-speak technique is unique verbiage as he’s a griot, a ferocious jazz story-spinner both simultaneously hot and very cool, as you will hear.
Dig What I Say – and for that matter, all of Adamo’s efforts in his voluminous bag of goodies are an enjoyable and a very unique experience. You dig?
~Nick Mondello