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  • The Modern Jazz Stylings Of Blue Canoe Records Volume 1

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    Artist: Look What The Cats Drug In

    Label: Blue Canoe Records

    Dragging in Some Talented Cats

    "Look What the Cats Drug In, Volume I" is the debut in a Blue Canoe Records series featuring selections from its catalog. This dynamic installment examines premier selections from Blue Canoe's straight-ahead and post-bop releases.

    Featuring:
    Dan Baraszu
    Eugene Maslov
    EJ Hughes
    Thomas Heflin
    Saltman Knowles Quintet
    Bryan Lopes Trio
    Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
    Ron Westray
    Bob Marbach
    E.M.P. Project
    Phillip Smith
    Jimmy Junebug Jackson

    Here is just a sample of the staggering list of performance credits for these artists:
    - Wynton Marsalis
    - Jimmy Smith
    - George Benson
    - Victor Wooten
    - Bill Anschell
    - Oteil Burbridge
    - Vinnie Calaiuta
    - Stefon Harris
    - Donald Brown
    - Vincent Herring
    - Wycliffe Gordon
    - Ray Charles
    - Stevie Wonder
    - Bill Frisell
    - John Scofield
    - Jerry Coker
    - James Williams
    - George Coleman
    - Herbie Hancock
    - Christian McBride
    - McCoy Tyner
    - Carlos Santana

    "Look What the Cats Drug In" opens with ripping guitar work from Dan Baraszu on "Neutron Star", a song inspired by Stevie Wonder's "Too High". There is no slowing down with the complex harmonies by Eugene Maslov on "Last Ray". Blue Canoe's stable of talented artists is further exposed in "Symmetry 1" with the fluid, highly polished lines of virtuoso trumpeter Thomas Heflin. The album continues with unimaginable horn players Bryan Lopes and Ron West...