Geof Bradfield

Our Roots

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MUSIC REVIEW BY Hobart Taylor, KUCI, Irvine, CA

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This tribute to the blues... not the Chicago macho variety, but the deeply spiritual Texas blues of Leadbelly and Blind Willie Johnson is celebrated by the likes of tenor saxophonist Bradfield, trumpeter Marquis Hill, Joel Adams on trombone, Clark Sommers, bassist, and Dana Hall, drums and percussion. I mention them all because this a truly an ensemble, a communion of spirits bringing their own individual talents to stellar performances of emotionally profound tunes, both newly composed and old. In the liner notes Bradfield says he was inspired by a cassette he'd once owned of Clifford Jordan performing Leadbelly songs, and this has a lot of the 60's feel to it, post bop jazz blues a la Cannonball Adderly, but these guys own this music... it is not derivative. Five Stars.








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