Size: 181,4 MB
Time: 78:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Jazzy blues
Art: Front, booklet
1. Statesboro' Blues (4:35)
2. Parchman Farm (4:43)
3. Sweet Lovin' Mama (7:40)
4. Crazy Life (5:41)
5. Halfway To Nowhere (4:27)
6. That's Alright (6:44)
7. Comin' Home Baby (5:00)
8. 7th Son (4:45)
9. Outskirts Of Town (7:04)
10. Back At The Chicken Shack (5:48)
11. Checkin' On My Baby (6:13)
12. Be Cool (3:31)
13. Undercover Lover (4:44)
14. The Snitch (5:14)
15. I Don't Worry About A Thing (2:16)
This is the fourth CD produced by this superb bluesy/jazzy principally three but occasionally four piece band. This one, as the title implies, was recorded live at the Ipswich Jazz Club in the Manor Ballroom on the 17th of September 2006. The producer of the CD, Stephen Foster, is the host of a programme on BBC Radio Suffolk, and what a great job he and the boys in the band have done. Now if you like your blues traditional, or you're a fan of the stuff at the rock-blues end of the spectrum, this is not for you. On the other hand, if you're a fan of keyboard and jazzy guitar-led blues music with a tinge of after-hours sound and a laid-back smoky feel, then this is certainly up your street.
Alan Glen is an accomplished guitar player with a nice, light, jazzy touch extended here with some exemplary slide playing. Bob Haddrell is a keyboard man par excellence who not only supports Glen’s guitar, vocal and occasional harp playing with drive and verve but also manages, using bass pedals on his keyboard setup to lay down a rhythmic bass accompaniment which is nothing short of terrific. Dino Coccia, drums and percussion lays down a steady beat with some lovely little rolls and turnarounds, and even gets a solo - well it was a live gig. A word too about Nick Newall, who adds some tasty tenor and flute to some of the tracks - super!
The music here includes a nice version of "Statesborough Blues" through Willie Dixon's "7th Son" and Jimmy Smith's "Back At The Chicken Shack", to two pieces by Mose Allison whose work has clearly had an enormous influence on the band. Live albums are sometimes a dire substitute for the studio recorded stuff. Not so here, and this one is strongly recommended. Fifteen tracks all recorded live and not a duff one amongst them - don't come much better than that.
Alan Glen is an accomplished guitar player with a nice, light, jazzy touch extended here with some exemplary slide playing. Bob Haddrell is a keyboard man par excellence who not only supports Glen’s guitar, vocal and occasional harp playing with drive and verve but also manages, using bass pedals on his keyboard setup to lay down a rhythmic bass accompaniment which is nothing short of terrific. Dino Coccia, drums and percussion lays down a steady beat with some lovely little rolls and turnarounds, and even gets a solo - well it was a live gig. A word too about Nick Newall, who adds some tasty tenor and flute to some of the tracks - super!
The music here includes a nice version of "Statesborough Blues" through Willie Dixon's "7th Son" and Jimmy Smith's "Back At The Chicken Shack", to two pieces by Mose Allison whose work has clearly had an enormous influence on the band. Live albums are sometimes a dire substitute for the studio recorded stuff. Not so here, and this one is strongly recommended. Fifteen tracks all recorded live and not a duff one amongst them - don't come much better than that.
Live! In Session For The BBC mc
Live! In Session For The BBC zippy
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