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Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards with Chris Barber: It's Tight Like That
by Ivana Ng
In the United States, the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties yielded a brand of upbeat jazz saturated with sexual innuendo and heedlessness. Across the northern border, Jeff Healey, a Canadian blues-rock guitarist, felt the significance of this traditional jazz. In his latest outing, he and his eight-piece band, the Jazz Wizards, conjur up some old magic. ...
Jay McShann: Hootie Blues
by Michael P. Gladstone
Okay, it is true that ninety-year-old legend Jay McShann was only 85 when he recorded this live album in early 2001 at the Montreal Bistro in Toronto, intending it for broadcast on CBC Radio. But I think it's safe to conclude that his powers haven't dimished a bit since that event. McShann (aka Hootie) ...
New Guitar Summit
By Jay Geils
Label: Stony Plain Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Bennies Bugle, Never Say Never Again Again, Swing with Dr.Jake, Ain't Nobody's Business, Lady B.Good, Azzure Mineur, Just Among Friends, Perdido, Backdoor Blues, Seven Come Eleven, Glide On, Swing With Dr.Jake (video)
Jay Geils/Duke Robillard/Gerry Beaudoin: New Guitar Summit
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album has a rather presumptuous title, but then the completed effort has produced some pretty good results. Although the three guitarists have known each other for a long time, the only common bond is their New England heritage. Jay Geils founded the J. Geils Band, one of the most popular rock bands of the late ...
I Feel Like Goin' On
By Ronnie Earl
Label: Stony Plain Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Hey Joe
2. Blues for Otis Rush
3. Little Johnny Lee
4. Wolf Dance
5. Mary Don't You Weep
6. Howlin for My Darling
7. Blues for the Homeless
8. Big Walter
9. Alone with the Blues
10. Travelin' Heavy
11. Donna
Remembering Leadbelly
Label: Stony Plain Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Lining Track
2. Gallows Pole
3. Midnight Special
4. Take This Hammer
5. Rock Island Line
6. God Morning Blues
7. Go Down Old hannah
8. Birminghamton Jail
9. Here Rattler
10. We're in the Same Boat Brother
11. Easy Rider Blues
12. John Hardy
13. Digging My Potatoes
14. On a Christmas Day
15. Oh Mary Don't You Weep
16. We Shall Walk Through the Valley
17. Alan Lomax Interview
18. Long John Baldry Interview
Living with The Blues
Label: Stony Plain Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. If Walls Could Talk
2. Use What You Got
3. Stratisfied
4. Hard Road
5. Buy Me a Dog
6. Goodtime Charlie
7. Painful Memory
8. I Live the Life of Love
9. I'm Mad About It
10. Sleepin' on It
11. Living with the Blues
12. Long Gone Baby
More Conversations In Swing Guitar
Label: Stony Plain Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Moten Swing, Train to Texas, Robin's Nest, Just You and Me, Blues for Terry, End of Session Jump
Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis: More Conversations in Swing Guitar
by Dan McClenaghan
On the surface, the pairing of these two guitarists from different generations might seem an odd match. Duke Robillard is the founder of Roomful of Blues, has played with Eddie Cleanhead" Vinson, Big Joe Turner, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bob Dylan. Herb Ellis, the elder half of this duo, has played with everyone from Louis Armstrong to ...
Ronnie Earl: I Feel Like Goin' On
by Charlie B. Dahan
On his newly released album, I Feel Like Goin’ On, Ronnie Earl accomplishes an amazing feat: he says so much without singing a lyric. Earl’s new album is ninety percent instrumental and it's easy not to notice--Earl’s guitar speaks volumes and clearer than any lyric. Earl does incorporate vocals on one track entitled ...