Bluestate

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Bluestate, the second album by guitarist/vocalist/composer Doug Wamble, highlights both the interplay of his excellent band (pianist Roy Dunlap, bassist Jeff Hanley and drummer Peter Miles) and his own soulful singing and funk-tinged guitar. Whether on his own compositions or outside material like Peter Gabriel’s "The Washing of the Water" and the traditional "Rockin’ Jerusalem" (featuring some hot blowing from producer Branford Marsalis), Wamble allows space for magic to happen, and the listener is never disappointed. Bluestate is the perfect marriage of contemporary jazz and eclectic singer/songwriter.

Bluestate, Music, Doug Wamble, Crossover Jazz, Jazz, Pop, Post-Bop, Southern Gospel, Spirituals, Swing, Traditional Gospel, Vocal Jazz
Bluestate
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wow!
  • This is what a band is supposed to sound like!
 Bluestate
Doug Wamble
Manufacturer: Marsalis Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0008FPJ6W
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

  1. If I Live to See the Day
  2. The Washing of the Water
  3. The Homewrecker Hump
  4. Antoines Pillow Rock
  5. Rockin Jerusalem
  6. One-Ninin
  7. No More Shrubs (in Casablanca)
  8. Have A Talk With God
  9. Gone Away
  10. The Bear and the Toad

Album Description

Bluestate, the second album by guitarist/vocalist/composer Doug Wamble, highlights both the interplay of his excellent band (pianist Roy Dunlap, bassist Jeff Hanley and drummer Peter Miles) and his own soulful singing and funk-tinged guitar. Whether on his own compositions or outside material like Peter Gabriel's "The Washing of the Water" and the traditional "Rockin' Jerusalem" (featuring some hot blowing from producer Branford Marsalis), Wamble allows space for magic to happen, and the listener is never disappointed. Bluestate is the perfect marriage of contemporary jazz and eclectic singer/songwriter.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wow!.......2007-01-23

This CD was recommeded by a friend who is a very talented professional jazz musician. I respect and value his opinion. I was amazed by how free but beautifully organized the arrangements were of the pieces on the Bluestate CD. Doug Wamble's voice is A+++. If you're looking for a fun listen while being a jazz snob, this is a CD for you.

5 out of 5 stars This is what a band is supposed to sound like!.......2005-05-25

Here you have a stunning follow up by the Doug Wamble Quartet. This is how great jazz music (although it is tough to label Wamble, the music is rooted there) is created--you take a band of top notch musicians, and you stay together and evolve as a group. This record is a testament to why this philosophy produces the best new music hitting the market, instead of the normal "star sessions" that are thrown about. The music on those records will be forgotten with time. I have a feeling Doug's won't, and will continue to get better.

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