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...Robert Armstrong defines the band's sound as a "unique blend of jazz, pop and hokum," and a few seconds into Dinah, the listener surrenders to the melange. The plucky violinist takes a solo, then a guy going infectiously nuts on tissue paper and comb. Finally it's steel guitarist King Bennie Nawahi's turn. He attacks the melody while caressing his instrument; his solo, like the best improvs, seems both wild and thoughtful. The full band convenes for a last mad-dash chorus, racing to Bennie's steel pulse. Who can hear this music, this musician, without feeling...
...blues giant of the '20s and '30s, singer-guitarist Lonnie Johnson had more than one style in his quiver. He recorded with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and had a gentle, affectionate way with sentimental ballads like Prisoner of Love. This CD, informally recorded 35 years ago in a friend's living room and released now for the first time, captures him in a relaxed and expansive mood, working musical miracles for a handful of devoted admirers. St. Louis Blues is sly and caressing, I'm Confessin' sweetly heartfelt...
...quintet, based in Sacramento, Calif., didn't start out looking to head a crusade to bring integrity back to hard rock. Actually, the guys just wanted to skateboard. Moreno, 27, the son of a plumber (his dad) and a secretary (his mom), met Stephen Carpenter, 29 (now Deftones' guitarist), in junior high school when the two were drawn together by their passion for skateboarding. Later, Moreno and Carpenter, along with drummer Abe Cunningham, 26, and bassist Chi Cheng, 29, formed Deftones and released its debut CD, Adrenaline, in 1995. Deejay Frank Delgado, 29, who performed on selected tracks...
...maybe if he had prettier hair and was a better guitarist...
Tribute albums are often content with summoning up old ghosts. Saxophonist , 31, takes a more rewarding approach on his excellent new CD: he offers up fresh takes on the music of French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but he does so by substituting his own instrument in the lead role. Carter, whether he's playing tenor or soprano sax, shows off a sweet, sinuous tone; when he reinterprets Reinhardt's classic Nuages with a bass sax, the muscular sound is distancing at first, but then it wraps itself around the listener like an anaconda. This CD does more than invoke Reinhardt...