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Article: Album Review

Shuffle Demons: All In

Read "All In" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 11, 2022

There aren't too many bands still standing from back when Shuffle Demons first performed in 1984. Their tenth recording, All In features three saxophonists-- tenors Kelly Jefferson and Matt Lagan plus Richard Underhill on alto and baritone--plus acoustic bassist Mike Downes and drummer Stich Wynston tearing through ten new originals. With no chord instruments (piano, guitar) ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Demons and Wizards, June Bugs and Jakarta

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 29, 2022

Hermeto Pascoal Planetario Da Gavea Far Out Recordings 2022 Planetario Da Gavea is an enormous, sprawling document from a February 1981 outdoor performance series by Brazilian jazz wizard Hermeto Pascoal recorded under the stars in the Gávea neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, within the dome of ...

Article: Album Review

The Shuffle Demons: All In

by Jack Bowers
February 15, 2022

With a three-saxophone front line and no piano, Canada's Shuffle Demons could be mistaken for the legendary Gerry Mulligan Quartet on steroids—could be, that is, until one hears the music, which bears scant resemblance to the West Coast cool espoused by Mulligan, Chet Baker and their colleagues. In other words, they're not called Shuffle Demons for ...

Article: Album Review

The Shuffle Demons: All In

by Kyle Simpler
January 24, 2022

Bands such as Tower of Power and the Average White Band are known for their hard-driving blend of funky soul mixed with rock and jazz elements. The Canadian-based group, Shuffle Demons, takes these influences and keeps the funk alive while emphasizing their own jazz roots as well. Their tenth album, All In, features a non-stop combination ...

Album

We Want All the Same Things

By Erin Propp

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Each Hidden Joy; Hello Morning; We want All The Same Things; Farther On; Recomeçar; The Light; Give Me More; So Far Away; Tell Him; The Nearness Of You; Angels Gather There; À La Claire Fontaine

Song of the Day

Each Hidden Joy

June 14, 2021

Album: We Want All the Same Things
By Erin Propp
Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:25

Album

Crazy Time

By Shuffle Demons

Label: Stubby Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cat Walk; Makin' it Right; Have a Good One; Wandering Heart; Good Karma; Crazy Time; Even Demons Get the Blues; Turbulence; Let It Go; Blue Chameleon.

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Bartosz Hadala

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2020

Meet Bartosz Hadala Bartosz Hadala was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and started his musical education at the age 7 at the local School of Music. Still as a teenager he participated in competitions, workshops and festivals. He became the youngest finalist in the Mieczyslaw Kosz International Jazz Piano Competition at the age 15. Two years ...

Song of the Day

Cat Walk

March 6, 2020

Album: Crazy Time
By Shuffle Demons
Label: Stubby Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 03:47

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lee Morgan, Mike Downes & Nick Sanders

by Joe Dimino
June 6, 2019

With a legendary voice out of Cleveland, Ohio on an ablum paying full respects to Tadd Dameron, we start the 599th episode of Neon Jazz with the tune “Kitchenette Across the Hall." From there, we listen to Sarah Vaughan and hear the great Tadd Dameron with his Sextet with the tune “The Squirrel." As the hour ...