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...Bill’s Q Yvette,” a title which refers to Yvette Summers, the band’s diva and percussionist. After another dynamic solo from Mayfield, the focus was turned to the outstanding sideman of the group, pianist Red Atkins. With bassist Ed Livingston keeping time, Atkins danced through the tune, playing with various rhythms. This feature was followed by a showcase of the entire percussion section, from master percussionist Summers to drummer Horacio Hernandez...
Blues Traveler and their carefree style of blues-rock are finally back. Bridge, the band’s seventh album, arrives four years after Blues Traveler’s last release and two years after the death of longtime bassist Bobby Sheehan. This New York-based group, known for its protracted touring and jam-it-out blues style, first gained prominence with its fourth album, aptly titled Four. “Hook” and “Run-around” dominated the airwaves until 1995 and helped propel Four to quintuple platinum status, making Blues Traveler a household...
...more than live up to his title of “the real drea band.” While the standout by far was drummer Bill Stewart, who matched Scofield’s intensity and complexity with dizzying dexterity and frenetic zeal, tenor player Seamus Blake and acoustic bassist Jesse Murphy also acquitted themselves admirably. Blake furnished lean and frequently blistering solos, with Murphy impelling forward the night’s proceedings with tight grooves robust solos, complementing Scofield’s continually surprising harmonic invention...
Formed in 1992 by frontman Raine Maida and guitarist Mike Turner while the pair were studying at the University of Toronto, OLP quickly expanded to include bassist Chris Eacrett (since replaced by Duncan Coutts) and drummer Jeremy Taggart. The post-grunge band's 1995 debut, Naveed, was met with immediate commercial and critical success north of the border, and established the band's status as the pride and joy of the Canadian alt-rock scene. OLP's 1997 effort, Clumsy, avoided the dreaded second album jinx and, in addition to its quadruple-platinum status in Canada, led to the band...
...Matthews Band (DMB for short). There's Carter Beauford, 42, the steady, disciplined drummer. Says Matthews: "One thing that drives me is trying to impress him." And there's Leroi Moore, 39, the saxman. "Leroi," says Matthews, "can make me cry onstage with something he plays." There's also bassist Stefan Lessard, 26, the youngest member. "He's so inventive and melodic," says Matthews. And finally there's Boyd Tinsley, 36, the showboating, show-stopping violinist. If a gig's going slowly, says Matthews, "It's usually Boyd that wakes...