Results for "Upbeat Mood"

Album

Upbeat Mood

By Music Soup

Label: Chicken Coup Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Korean Apartment, A Day in the Park, Around the World, My Little Red Book, Freeland (To OP with Love), Fun Island, Upbeat Mood, Appointment in Athens.

Video

Upbeat Mood

Featuring the music of Music Soup
Duration: 5:12
October 19, 2024

“Dimopoulous makes no effort to withhold his admiration for hard-bop guitarists such as Grant Green, pre-Verve Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. He is a technical master, deftly constructing his solos forays. Karlafti is an obvious acolyte of the great Blue Note organists Jimmy Smith and Big John Patton et al. With Joey DeFrancesco sadly gone, Karlafti (along with Tony Monaco) is a Hammond talent worthy of note. Upbeat Mood is just that.”

Nicholas Mondello, All About Jazz

Article: Album Review

Music Soup: Upbeat Mood

by Nicholas F. Mondello
September 15, 2024

Upbeat Mood from Music Soup, comprised of Athens, Greece-based guitarist Nestor Dimopoulos, Hammond B-3 organist Evgenia Karlafti and drummer Vagelis Kotzabasis, delivers eight enjoyable and upbeat swinging selections. Seven are originals from either Dimopoulos, Karlafti alone, or co-written. There is intelligent playing and fine soloing throughout. “Korean Apartment" opens things and is a ...