Heretic Blues
ASIN: B00000IQMW
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As a timekeeper, drummer Kevin O'Donnell's done a fine job for one-time Squirrel Nut Zippers member Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. Taking the Bird-Bowl lineup that decked the ears with Oh! The Grandeur and augmenting it with trombonist David Dieckmann and saxophonist Chris Greene on the front line, O'Donnell's put together a great swinging ensemble with his Quality Six. Heretic Blues shows the band's ace-in-the-hole languidity on numbers like the warhorse "Moten Swing" as well as nine of the drummer's compositions. Bird's vocals mark most tracks with a slurry calm, an easy sashay that places O'Donnell and company in line with a Kansas City swing tradition. It would be too easy to trace this offshoot of the neo-swing movement back to Squirrel Nut Zippers, especially since O'Donnell, Bird, and their collaborators have a different, more jazzy sense of the music. It's a good thing, too. --Andrew Bartlett
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ASIN: B00000IQMW Release Date: 1999-06-29 |
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As a timekeeper, drummer Kevin O'Donnell's done a fine job for one-time Squirrel Nut Zippers member Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. Taking the Bird-Bowl lineup that decked the ears with Oh! The Grandeur and augmenting it with trombonist David Dieckmann and saxophonist Chris Greene on the front line, O'Donnell's put together a great swinging ensemble with his Quality Six. Heretic Blues shows the band's ace-in-the-hole languidity on numbers like the warhorse "Moten Swing" as well as nine of the drummer's compositions. Bird's vocals mark most tracks with a slurry calm, an easy sashay that places O'Donnell and company in line with a Kansas City swing tradition. It would be too easy to trace this offshoot of the neo-swing movement back to Squirrel Nut Zippers, especially since O'Donnell, Bird, and their collaborators have a different, more jazzy sense of the music. It's a good thing, too. --Andrew BartlettJazz Music: