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| Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes Reviews Tony Adamo, Was Out Jazz Zone Mad (Ropeadope) Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes Tony Adamo, Was Out Jazz Zone Mad (Ropeadope) No single adjective quite sums up the essence of Tony Adamo, though he tries with his own "hipspokenword" descriptive. He's a beat poet. hipster and a bit of a musicologist rolled into one. He sounds like he was born a few decades too late to savor the vintage bopping atmosphere he sings and talks about with authority in much of his material. Adamo digs the 1950s and '60s – capturing the mood of the times, and other things, on his latest recording, Was Out Jazz Zone Mad. Along the way, he improvises about the likes of saxophonist Joe Henderson, bluesman B.B. King, trumpeter Eddie Gale and singer Leon Thomas, as well of the times that resulted in the "Birth of the Cool." On "Too Funky to Flush, " he also revels in the atmosphere – and food – of New Orleans. This jazz and funk odyssey finds him in fine musical company, including drummers Mike Clark and Lenny White, B-3 player Mike LeDonne, Tower of Power keyboard player Roger Smith, percussionist Bill Summers, pianist Michael Wolff, guitarist Jack Wilkins, saxophonist Donald Harrison and trumpeter Tim Ouimette, among others, on various tracks. Ya dig? write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |