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Stomp! The Blues Tonight is
perhaps different from anything
multi-award-winning guitarist Duke
Robillard has ever done in his
long-standing relationship with
Stony Plain Records. Robillard’s
previous 15 albums for the label
have seen him explore musical
territories ranging from classic
blues and jazz, to rock-influenced
trios, to small and big band swing
recordings.
Stomp! The Blues Tonight is
a home-coming of sorts to the blues
style that most people first heard
from Robillard when he began his
career in 1967 as a founding member
of the seminal band, Roomful of
Blues. As if to emphasize that
aspect, the new album features a
horn section on many tracks that
includes Doug James on baritone and
tenor sax, Rich Lataille on tenor
and alto sax and Al Basile on cornet
- all former Roomful alumni.
The 16
tracks on the new CD combine songs
associated with the great blues and
R&B shouters of the ‘40s and ‘50s.
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