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The Oatmeal Jazz Combo: Instant Oats
by Mark Sullivan
Formed at Stony Brook University in 2009, The Oatmeal Jazz Combo returns with Instant Oats, their fifth album, following Whole Wheat Oats (LGY Records, 2015). There have been some changes on the front line, and there are no vocalists featured this time. The program opens with the gentle bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim's “Look to ...
The Oatmeal Jazz Combo: Whole-Wheat Oats
by Mark Sullivan
The stylistic focus of The Oatmeal Jazz Combo is well-summarized by one of its song titles: “Straight-A-Head." Ever since the original members met at New York's Stony Brook University the band has shared a passion for mainstream jazz, and the chemistry they found playing together (the “oatmeal" in the group's name refers to the beige soundproofing ...
Brand New Mischief
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Soul Window; Sleepless Nights; Amour Bleu; Annecy; Baby Powder; Enchantment; Bran New Mischief.
Leon Foster Thomas: Brand New Mischief
by Dan Bilawsky
The sound of steel pans seems to surface at beaches and poolside bars more often than jazz clubs, but that doesn't mean that these sunny-sounding metal melody makers aren't welcome or cut out for the jazz life. Steel pan trailblazers, like Jaco Pastorius-associated Othello Molineaux and jazz-meets-world music giant Andy Narell, established a place for their ...
