MAHALIA BARNES & THE SOUL MATES FT. JOE BONAMASSA - OOH YEA: THE BETTY DAVIS SONGBOOK
Powerhouse singer Mahalia Barnes, one of the most impressive
female vocalists to come out of Australia, and her band The Soul Mates have
teamed up with American blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa to release an album
of Betty Davis covers called Ooh Yea! The Betty Davis Songbook. Scheduled for
release on 2/24/15, it explores tracks from Davis sexy, raw funk records of the
early 70s. Betty Davis s unique story is still fairly unknown. She
married Miles Davis in the late 60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and
introducing him to Jimi Hendrix. Later, she released three genre-busting
albums, 1973's self-titled debut, 1974's They Say I'm Different and 1975's
Nasty Gal that have since influenced artists like Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu,
Rick James, The Roots, Ice Cube, Talib Kweli and Ludacris. Mahalia Barnes, eldest daughter of Australian rock legend
Jimmy Barnes and recent contestant on The Voice Australia, has been around
music her whole life but has always been most heavily influenced by soul, blues
and rock n roll. ~ Amazon
ADAM NITTI - NOT OF THIS WORLD
Adam Nitti has been establishing his own voice amongst his
contemporaries as both a bassist and recording artist for almost two decades.
He has released five solo recordings to date on his own Renaissance Man label
which have drawn international acclaim, but he has also been notably involved
as a sideman and contributor on a variety of projects across multiple genres.
As a recording bassist, he has also appeared on three Grammy-winning albums and
another Grammy-nominated album to date. Adam has worked with the Dave Weckl
Band, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, Susan Tedeschi, Lincoln
Brewster, the Justice League (featuring T Lavitz, Jimmy Herring, and Richie
Hayward), Angie Aparo, Scott Henderson, Jon Anderson, Peter Erskine, Heather
Headley, Al Green, Keith Carlock, Shane Theriot, Mike Stern, Chris Tomlin,
Casting Crowns, Kirk Covington, Wayne Krantz, Marco Minnemann, the London
Symphony Orchestra, Joe Beck, and many others. ~ CD Universe
THE MICHAEL WALDROP BIG BAND - TIME WITHIN ITSELF
Hearing this crackling big band recording -- so full of
swagger and conviction and transcendent playing throughout - it's hard to
believe that it's drummer and composer Michael Waldrop's debut as a big band
leader. No newcomer to the game, he paid dues as a working musician in New York
and Chicago before pursuing an academic career, earning a masters at the
University of Memphis and his doctorate at North Texas, where he played in the
famed One O'Clock Lab Band. He also put in ten years with Jack Cooper's
Memphis-based Jazz Orchestra of the Delta, developing the relationship that
would lead Cooper to lend his prodigious arranging skills to Waldrop's set of
originals for this recording. ""..this auspicious debut bristles with
a visceral post-Weather Report energy that brings big bands into new
light."" - Bill Milkowski
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