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Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Word of Mouth Revisited
by Florence Wetzel
It may be surprising to learn that legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius had deep roots in the big band tradition. His father Jack was a big band singer and drummer in the late '40s and early '50s, and in Jaco's early twenties he played for five years with the Peter Graves Orchestra, a progressive big band located ...
Jaco Pastorius/Peter Graves/Various: Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Word of Mouth Revisited
by Franz A. Matzner
In the realm of tribute records, Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Word of Mouth Revisited is a rare achievement. Containing 21 tracks, each a rearrangement of a Pastorius original composition featuring a guest bassist, the album will not only remind those listeners already familiar with Jaco of his incontrovertible greatness, but is also bound to convert those ...
Various Artists: Smooth Africa II: Exploring the Soul
by C. Michael Bailey
Exploring the Soul is the follow up to Smooth Africa (Heads Up, 2000) which touted the genre displayed as a journey: "The perception of dark Africa can only be overcome by visiting the wonderful continent. There is a smoothness that can only be experienced by a visit." Smooth Africa (in both incarnations) is the aural attempt ...
The Yellowjackets: Time Squared
by C. Michael Bailey
Perhaps out of ignorance, I have avoided the Yellowjackets because of my distaste for the Rippingtons. I am a stick-in-the-mud-acoustic-jazz-snob. And, I must admit, I am that to my own disadvantage and loss. Over the past 20 years, the Yellowjackets have released 20 recordings, counting Time Squared. In that time they have sold beaucoups records, started ...
Coming at You from All Sides
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2002
Track listing: Turning It Up; Love's Silhouette; Mission Possible; I Feel Like Singin'; Tonight's the Night; Nice & Easy; Mystical Perception; Pieceful Dreams; Savoir Faire; Enmascarada; Let's Roll; Remembrance; Slither; My Funny Valentine
Keepin' It Real
By Joe McBride
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Woke up This Morning (Burnett/Love) - 4:29
2. Keepin' It Real (McBride) - 5:01
3. Oi Gata (McBride) - 4:17
4. Lakewood (McBride) - 5:16
5. His Name (McBride) - 4:15
6. Never Let You Go (McBride) - 4:13
7. Morning in a Distant Land (McBride) - 5:05
8. Can't Live Without You (McBride) - 3:46
9. When You Smile (McBride) - 4:22
10. Kickin' It (McBride) - 3:55
11. Gentle Rain (McBride) - 3:40
12. Woke up This Morning (Burnett/Love) - 4:05
Sakesho
By Andy Narell
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2002
Track listing: Kon Djab Djigidji; Roul
Pieces of a Dream: Coming at You from All Sides
by Dave Nathan
This instrumental group has used pretty much the same formula for years, and quite successfully. It involves mixing up the play list with a variety of musical genre, contemporary R & B, Latin, contemporary pop, even including some real jazz now and then, throw in some background vocal wailing and whining as the occasion permits and ...
Joe McBride & The Texas Rhythm Club: Keepin' It Real
by Mike Perciaccante
On Keepin It Real, his sixth Head Up release Joe McBride continues to deliver smooth jazz as only he can. McBride, who hails from St. Louis, MO (his uncle is former Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride), soaked up that city's musical brew and folded in the essence and subtleties of his influences, which appear to be funk, ...
