This band isn't a tribute to anything, except the form itself, black America's ' birth of tragedy', a rhythmic platform on which one can hear a human being, armed only with a Fender Jaguar guitar, contest their fate.
The starting points are mid 50's Chicago, and a certain kind of soul jazz one could hear on late night radio if one happened to live near Newark, New Jersey in the late 60's. The endpoint isn't fixed, the capacity for misreading infinite.
(The "Really" part nods at Mezz Mezzrow, who wasn't).
The band will be mercifully instrumental: Brad Jones (bass), Cooper-Moore (keys), JT Lewis (drums)”
“…[Ribot’s] frequent solos were still spitting venom, occasionally veering from organic soulfulness into areas of improvisatory extremity…Pacing and texture were paramount, as the set passed through phases of tension and release, quietness and explosiveness, funk and free-form, sparseness and busyness.” – All About Jazz, March 2010
Audio (mp3):
Really the Blues (Live excerpt)
Photos:
Press:
All About Jazz Review 3.16.11 (PDF)
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