Time: 59:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Vocals, Modern Electric Blues, R&B
Art: Front
01. Big Boss Man (4:58)
02. Pocket Full Of Money (7:17)
03. Any Day Getaway (5:23)
04. Hey Little Man (5:14)
05. Don't Talk To Me (4:14)
06. I Don't Know You (4:25)
07. Hey There Pretty Woman (4:09)
08. Just So And So (8:15)
09. Border Town (5:10)
10. No News Jus' The Blues (4:53)
11. Border Town (Spanish Version) (5:10)
Trumpeter, bandleader and occasional vocalist James “Boogaloo” Bolden leads a robust band through a solid session that mixes energetic covers (“Big Boss Man”) with original and topical blues material. These numbers offer contemporary lyrical takes on vintage themes like rejection, disappointment, pain and distrust. While Bolden’s tune “Hey There Pretty Woman” contains his earnest lead and Eric Demmer’s fiery sax solo, the hottest pieces are those featuring Evelyn Rubio, particularly “Any Day Getaway” and “I Don’t You,” which is also Rubio’s composition. The band includes other stellar instrumentalists, among them bassist Anthony Sapp, drummer Mark Simmons, guitarist Teri Greene, pianist Darrell Lavigne, and Rubio, who doubles as a saxophonist on “Border Town.” Elements of soul, funk ad blues are incorporated within the band’s repertoire, but the blues is their major focus, and they play it with zest and style on every selection.
No News "Jus' The Blues"
