John Scofield is a long time favorite – who doesn’t like “A Go-Go?” – that we’re very interested in hearing live. Who’s in?

Ben Williams & Sound Effect is a new favorite – they have a true old school sound – however unlike many of the other groups that strive to achieve the sounds of the greats – these guys are unabashedly original. There’s an unmistakable modernity and urban flair – floated behind some truly masterful musicianship. It’s not often that a group really smacks you with talent – Ben Williams & Sound Effect bowl you over.

Let us know who you’re interested in seeing!

Featuring:
Eddie Palmieri, leader, piano
Herman Olivera, lead vocal
Brian Lynch, trumpet
Conrad Herwig, trombone
Jimmy Bosch, trombone
Nelson Gonzalez, tres guitar, vocals
Jose Claussell, timbales
Vicente “Little Johnny” Rivero, congas
Karen Joseph, flute
Luques Curtis, bass
Orlando Vega, bongo

12/9/2009
Available Shows:
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Music Review | Savion Glover
Sounding Board for the Dancing That Would Be Music
By BEN RATLIFF
Published: November 21, 2009
Savion Glover, the tap dancer, has been performing this week at the Blue Note with four major figures in jazz. It’s all being recorded for video, but also for audio.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/arts/music/21savion.htm

These guys remind me of this group of musicians that stopped me in my tracks on the way home from my (now abandoned) corporate job. They were playing in the Herald Square station at 34th Street (by the N/R/W & F/B/V/D lines) – and I stood there in my suit – mesmerized. I bought the CD immediately.

While Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society doesn’t have the intensity of that group (whose name btw was “Hypnotic Brass Ensemble”), there is an element of the unexpected to the tracks. Interesting grooves – which often deviate from the path one would expect them to go down. In short, it has a sly way of making you NEED to keep listening. All in all, I was a little let down to find that the vast majority of these tunes seem to follow the same structure. Which, tends to make listening to them for more than 45 minutes – well – after 45 minutes, you get the picture. You know what their story is. It’s not bad – in fact, it’s quite good. But it never deviates from the stated groove.

All that said, it would be great to see them live!

Check out: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Infernal Machines, and Live at The Jazz Gallery

It’s not often that you read these kind of reviews in the times – but maybe this will assist in getting independent jazz musicians back in the spotlight – after a long and unfortunate hiatus.