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room full of blues in a roomful of blues

3/20/2020

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​Roomful of Blues (from the album In a Roomful of Blues available on Alligator Records)  (by Bryant Liggett)
Call the band an institution. Roomful of Blues, the Rhode Island-based Blues outfit, deserves that title solely from tenure. Fifty years in the business deserves accolades and despite dozens of players that have taken their spot in the band, Roomful of Blues remain a foundation of the Blues world, a reliable presentation of swinging, badass Big Band Blues music. Longevity is a selling point for any business, whether a you are making shoes or singing the Blues, and the band’s latest release, In A Roomful of Blues, showcases their branded swinging Blues product at its finest.  
Roomful of Blues comes out swinging with “What Can I Do?” as the horns punch over a solid rhythm section as the title track finds those horns laying underneath a guitar intro. The band tosses in a novelty cut with “Phone Zombies,” taking a crack at anyone that has ever had their eyes on the screen instead of the sidewalk, road, or anyplace that should have their attention. “She Quit Me Again” is a lounge cut with a sad New York City 1980’s saxophone and a lonely piano ramble where you can smell the smoke of sadness. “She’s Too Much” and “Too Much Boogie” are jumping Jazz cuts and “Have You Heard” travels far south to dig into Zydeco territory. “Let the Sleeping Dog Lie” lets that splashy guitar set an old-school tone while “I Can’t Wait” is a bouncy love song. Efficient and thorough, Roomful of Blues lets their tradition be a selling point and calling card. Every horn blast, every guitar fill is exactly where it should be on what is another text-book example of Big Band Blues.  (by Bryant Liggett) 
 
Listen and buy the music of Roomful of Blues from AMAZON
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