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'REVIEW: Tweed Funk, 'Come Together,' Tweed Tone Records

Tweed Funk lead singer Smokey Holman ain't gonna let a little thing like cancer slow him down! Despite facing chemo and an elongated absence from the road, 'Come Together' (Tweed Tone Records) positively reeks of that oldschool Memphis mentality. The horns, the excitement, the songs, and, especially, the vocals, sound straight outa Stax until you realize they're from Milwaukee.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: The Oatmeal Jazz Combo, 'Instant Oats,' LGY Records

    Digest your Oatmeal Jazz Combo, children, it's good for you, especially 'Instant Oats' (LGY Records). This adventurous quintet started out just for fun in 2009 at Stony Brook University in New York and is now on its fifth CD. Dig how they will play anything and everything including the closing "Transformers" theme.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Michael Dease, 'Father Figure,' Posi-Tone Records

    Michael Dease cuts loose with a wildly swingin' post-boppin' assemblage of talent on vibraphone, piano, bass, drums and two alto saxophones wherein the trombone man serves as 'Father Figure' to some crazily talented youngsters on originals and well-picked covers, or, as we like to say in the music-listenin' business: discreeto pickos.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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