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John-Paul Gard:
Beef Dumplin' Stew
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Small Fry Records SFR003 |
| recorded |
2004 in Great Britain
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| online distribution |
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| John-Paul Gard |
organ |
| Alex Hutchings |
guitar |
| Ian Williams |
drums |
| Dave Betts |
percussion |
| Matt Sibley |
sax |
| Ben Waghorn |
sax |
| Danny Shepard |
sax |
| Mike Hoddinot |
percussion |
| Andy Kinsman |
sax |
| Pete Judge |
trumpet |
01: Beef Dumplin’ Stew
02: Les Is Mo
03: Boomtown
04: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
05: Timeline
06: Travels
07: Transglobal Express
08: The Upton Muggery
09: 10 p.m.
10: My One And Only Love
11: Pee Wee’s Blues
12: My One And Only Love (alt.)
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John-Paul is a very sensitive organ player. He loves the low and above all the deep tones.
In some tunes, he plays the Hammond like a church organ, with modern harmonies and fully used
pedal.
Noticeable is also, that sometimes he restricts himself to accompany the saxophone - like a
gospel singer. That sounds very peaceful, melodious, almost like in the church. In other
tunes, John-Paul plays inspiring solos, but also there he nearly keeps in the background,
from time to time you have to look for the organ among all the other instruments.
There are some songs in which the instruments come along in a real funky mood. But the CD
has in store also pulsating groovy tunes in Bebop style. Here, the organist shows that he
masters the traditional jazz organ craft.
John-Paul proves creativity, puts up new sound spaces off the usual jazz organ. A very
interesting recording worth listen to.
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