The July 12 edition of Greasy Tracks was a brass-laden affair as new releases by All Things Swamp and Terry Hanck were featured.
Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here.
Saxophonist Hanck and trombonist Dan Gordon of All Things Swamp were interviewed and discussed their respective New Orleans-inspired offerings.
The jazzy, eight-track Dressed (Little Village) from All Things Swamp is the result of a series of informal, yet spirited sessions the nine-piece line-up — like-minded players who only occasionally play together due to being scattered up and down the coast of California due to their regular gigs — recorded.
The selections — while all covers, are a curious, yet extremely complementary mix. Joe Zawinul, Hoagy Carmichael and Robert Palmer are disparate as far as writers go, but their material interpreted by All Things Swamp just swings, in a funky, albeit greasy fashion.
The group is donating all proceeds to the Boys & Girls Club of Silicon Valley.
Chicago-born, but Florida-based veteran horn man Hanck brings a great blend of bluesy originals combined with a handful of blues, R&B and soul covers to Grease To Gravy (Little Village).
There’s 1950s gems such as the Dave Bartholomew/Chris Kenner-penned “Sick and Tired” that Fats Domino made his own and Ray Charles’ “Come Back Baby” to some 1960s classics, including James Oden’s “Goin’ Down Slow” and Albert King’s “Overall Junction.” According to Hanck, the leadoff track, “Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You,” was influenced by Wilson Pickett’s definitive version from 1970.