Smith, Chris

Cellar Music, 2025, CD
Instrument: Drums

Issue: 31.3

Jazz Ruler Type: BigBand
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 3
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 72
Score Chart

O’s Notes: New York-based jazz drummer takes a walk on the side of Grunge, one of his early influences in the 1990s. He leads a band with Christopher Pawluk (g), Peter Slavov (b), June Pukl (t-sax), David DeJesus (a-sax) and Valerie Costa (vocals). Jazz Grunge is rock-based fusion with honest expression. “Rooster” and “Go Lonely Woman”, are notable. Costa sings “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter in A Small Town”, “Seasons”, and “Sullen Girl”, the best of several pop, blue, ballads.

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