Publication Date: June 19, 2014

Author: George Harris

Who says the Big Band Era is over? Here are a couple of recordings that are both intelligent and swinging...

David White directs an exciting and fervent collection of six originals here, with a frenetically exuberant “Mister Shepherd’s Misadventures” being highlighted by tenor saxist Sam Dillon, and the swinging for the fences “And the People Could Fly” featuring Pablo Masis on trumpet. An ear catching duet between Rick Parker/tb and Sam Dillon lead into  a grooving “The Sweetest Bite of Cherry” before Sam Taylor’s tenor takes the baton to the finish line. Your neck will be in supple form by the time the band gets to “Blues for Sally Draper,” making this short but sweet session a tasty treat. Get these guys to LA! -George Harris