Showing posts with label Something Else!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Something Else!. Show all posts

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Something Else! - Soul Jazz

Styles: Bop
Year: 2024
Time: 50:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 117,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:56) 1. Filthy McNasty
(7:55) 2. Too Blue
(4:05) 3. Mean Greens
(4:57) 4. The Chicken
(7:05) 5. Driftin'
(7:23) 6. Slow Drag
(5:34) 7. Strasbourg/St. Denis
(8:57) 8. Naima (Bonus Track)

Jazz supergroup Something Else! is led by Vincent Herring, featuring some of the very best musicians today, playing some of the most iconic toe-tapping Soul Jazz songs ever created. This era of fantastic, rhythmic and soul warming music will be presented with new arrangements plus original compositions in the same genre.

The septet lineups draw from a pool of talented artists whose combined talents make for exciting, danceable and hugely enjoyable shows.

Alto Sax: Vincent Herring
Trumpet: Jeremy Pelt / Randy Brecker / Freddie Hendrix
Tenor sax: James Carter / Eric Alexander
Guitar: Paul Bollenback / Russell Malone
Piano: David Kikoski / Mike LeDonne
Bass: Essiet Essiet / Yasushi Nakamura
Drums: Lewis Nash / Jeff Watts / Johnathan Blake

"The jazz supergroup Something Else!, …then followed with top-shelf soul-jazz and swing… Every one of these musicians is elite it was an extraordinary set. “ ~ Glide Magazine

“…the band wears its hard-bop heart on its sleeve …It practically dares audiences to sit still and remain on their best behavior.” By Steve Futterman, The New Yorker
https://atljazzfest.com/artists/something-else/

Soul Jazz