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A Laugh For Rory / Black & Crazy Blues (for Joel Dorn)
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A Laugh For Rory / Black & Crazy Blues (for Joel Dorn)
Released: Aug 31, 2009
Label: The Royal Potato Family

General Info

  • Genre: Jazz / Progressive / Roots Music

    Location Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

    Profile Views: 41318

    Last Login: 8/7/2011

    Member Since 3/29/2006

    Website www.ChrisCombsMusic.com

    Record Label Kinnara Records - www.KinnaraRecords.com

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    I play lap steel and guitar with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Gogo Plumbay among many other projects. I like breathing and humans that continue to evolve. I love you. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......................

  • Members

    www.ChrisCombsMusic.com/ .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

  • Influences

    Woody Guthrie, Brian Wilson, Louis Armstrong, and everything else.

  • Sounds Like

    .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... "The more one studies the harmony of music, and then studies human nature, how people agree and how they disagree, how there is attraction and repulsion, the more one will see that it is all music." - Hazrat Inayat Khan .... "With a tripping hazard array of effects pedals and dials, Combs touches upon a similar auditory spectrum...at times a spooky swing vibe, at others a penetrating moan akin to Jerry Garcia's steel work, some parts evoking Les Paul's wacky '50s work with Mary Ford and others the charged current of Speedy West and Merle Travis. There's a whole lot more Oklahoma twang to The Fred now, and it's a welcome voice that honors their Tulsa origins...Combs had a way of slipping in and out of things with spectral perfection."- Dennis Cook, Jambase.com .. .. "There’s a rustic foundation to the band now, thanks to the acoustic plunking of Mr. Hayes and the swoony embellishments of Mr. Combs...the current group pursues an earthy vigor. On Kirk’s “Laugh for Rory,” Mr. Combs reached for the uplift of a gospel revival; on Mr. Ibrahim’s “Imam” he struck a prayerful vocal timbre. Mr. Hayes was a less assertive presence, but he locked in well with Mr. Raymer, a smartly physical drummer. Mr. Haas steered from the piano, making use of an emphatic attack, a rococo sense of flourish and the trustworthy power of crescendo." -New York Times.... "On 'One Day in Brooklyn...you'll hear how creative and adventurous Tulsans, lap steel and all, are redirecting the future of jazz " -Kansas City Star.... JFJO hits the mark with a tribute to the late producer Joel Dorn on the Rahsaan Roland Kirk medley "A Laugh for Rory / Black & Crazy Blues," a reading of The Beatles "Julia," a stab at Thelonious Monk's "Four in One," and a pair of originals - including a clever mashup of Dr.Dre and Beethoven. JFJO ain't dead, just reborn" -Relix Magazine.... "The long notes of Combs' sliding lap steel guitar mix with the emotion that Haas can draw from the deepest corners of his piano, while likely the best rhythm section the Fred has ever unleashed in Raymer and Hayes give a text-book jazz lesson in keeping the parading jam on this universe." -Honest Tune

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