A second jazz organ group to pop up with an album. Just like the Vince Ector album reviewed yesterday this one is also drummer-led and was also recorded in Connecticut. Another live recording, this time at Daddy Jacks in New London and, although DJs is/was in a city four times the size of Old Lyme at under 28,000, unlike the smaller town, it no longer has a jazz venue still, neither do many UK towns and cities of similar size or less so, stand up Blaydon Jazz Club and take a bow!
Getting back to Connecticut and the music. I found this one just a bit too much on the smooth side compared to the Ector album which felt funkier with the sax playing giving it a more down home feel.
Although both were recorded pre-pandemic in Connecticut the Ektor could have been recorded downtown in Philly whereas this album is more downtown New England.
Having said that, if I'd heard this one first, or they'd had a sax player, my opinion may have been reversed and, if you're an organ buff you'll probably want both.
As an afterthought, Pat Bianchi plays a Viscount on the Ector album Gasparini plays a Hammond B3 - the Steinway of jazz organs - it shows! Lance
Available from Rhythm Royale Records.
One For McGriff; Fever; Willow Weep For me; Hot Barbecue; Norleans; Lover Man; Keep Talkin'; Alligator Boogaloo; Lonnie's Funk; I'm Walkin'; North Beach Blues; Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That; Mellow Mood; One For McGriff (alt. take).
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