Blue Note publish ‘All Rise A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller’ by Meshell Ndegeocello & Jason Moran (2014)

All Rise A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller’ by Meshell Ndegeocello & Jason Moran is a collaborative album paying tribute to Waller and released on September 16, 2014 by Blue Note.

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Greyboy Allstars – Inland Emperor

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Inland Emperor’ is the new record by The Greyboy Allstars, their fourth studio album, their first in six years.

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Los Angeles Times
The Greyboy Allstars return next week with ‘Inland EmperorIn the mid ’90s, there weren’t many safer bets on the West Coast for a raucous, funk-leaning good time than San Diego’s Greyboy Allstars.

ChicagoNow
Pardoned By Funk: The Greyboy Allstars’ Inland Emperor TourHoly crap. They Greyboy Allstars are BACK. Known for their potent individual abilities on each of their instruments, the five band members come together as one giant funk assault upon your senses, body and soul.

 All About Jazz.
Inland Emperor is a tantalizing listen in large measure for the way The Greyboy Allstars play off the various elements of their sound. The chanted vocals on Better Get A Jump On It sound like nothing so much as a comment on the playing of the band, here featuring slightly ambient interplay between Walters’ electric keyboards and Denson’s sax[/su_spoiler] (more…)

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Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain

Didn’t It Rain’ by English singer / actor Hugh Laurie is the follow-up to his debut ‘Let Them Talk’, the new album sees Laurie departing the sounds of New Orleans and following the blues upstream and into the American heartland.

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