bassist. Serving as his tribute to the great Jaco Pastorious, Blue Basso incorporates jazz, funk, R&B, and blues into a tasty con- coction of music with a splash of New Or- leans charm. Here, his
work stands gracefully in the spotlight getting the full attention it deserves. The album is a surely a wonderful, musical treat. With Wooton on bass, the band consists of Daniel Groover on guitar, Jermal Watson on drums, Keiko Komaki on keys, and features the lovely Arséne DeLay on vocals. Adding to the ‘cool’ factor, appearances from Sonny Landreth, An- ders Osborne, Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), Eric McFadden and Damon Fowler also grace this record. Wooton starts off with a groovy instru-
mental called “Jaceaux”. Komaki is an ab- solute monster on keys. Wimbish, whose work includes session work for Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, The Rolling Stones, and Depeche Mode sits in on this track fortify- ing the song with an extra layer of funk. “Come on Come Over”, a splendid cover from Jaco’s acclaimed 1976 self-titled album, is de- lightfully sung by DeLay. “Dime Note” is fan- tastic. I dig the beat Watson throws down on this one as the wonderfully calibrated lead gui- tar from Groover takes over. Sonny Landreth breaks out a healthy helping of his signature slide guitar on back-to-back songs, “Tell Me a Story”, and “Front Porch”. It’s always a pleas- ure to hear this man play. The album closes out with a smooth funkified take on the Rolling Stones song, “Miss You”. This fabu- lous cut has been a ‘go-to’ song for me this week.
I appreciate and respect what Wooton is
doing with his music. The jams he builds are juicy and spectacular. Blue Basso is definitely an album worth checking out.
-Phillip Smith
Songs for Groovy Children The Fillmore East Concerts Jimi Hendrix (Legacy) This new boxed set
(to be released December 13) in- cludes all four his-
toiric Band of Gypsies shows from the Fillmore Eastr, newly mixed by Eddie Kramer. The 5 CD or 8 Vinyl LP set includes more than two dozen previously unreleased tracks.
Along with his unfogetable concerts at
Monterey Pop and Woodstock, these Fillmore concerts are the stuff of legend. Backed by the powerhouse rhythm section of Buddy Miles non drums and Billy Cox on bass, Hendrix brought down the house at each and every show.
After the Jimi Hendrix Experience
broke up in June 1969, and a new lineup was prepared for Woodstock in August, but that lineup was short lived. Jimi then wasted no time in assembling the Band of Gypsies, adding even more extended jams and a hot blend of rock, soul and blues. The band made their debut at Fillmore East in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve 1969 and New Year’s day 1970.
With new found inspiration from Miles
and Cox, Hendrix delivered some powerful new music including “Power of Soul,” “Burn- ing Desire” and the unforgettable “Machine Gun.”
Although he had sold out Madison
Square Garden nine months before, Hendrix wanted to record the live material at the Fill- more. Although the Gypsies ended in January 1970, but their legacy had been cemented by the studio recordings and these outstanding live tracks. The package includes never before seen photographs by Fillmore house photographer
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