Rhythm & Groove Club
Groove Approved
Asend Music
Jeffreycook@hotmail.com
available on cd baby
This is a salute to the music of New Orleans organized by Jeff Cook. Jeff Cook was a musician and then a music business executive most recently at New West Records, and he handles the lead vocals here The band is an all-star cast of musicians that have their roots in New Orleans; including among others Allen Toussaint on piano, his son Reggie on percussion, Amadee Castenell, tenor, Tinley Ellis guitar, and Nicolas Peyton on trumpet. These men represent a broad spectrum of funky New Orleans music
and they sure as hell play their stuff. The songs are a good funky selection with three of them coming from Allen Toussaint. Jeff Cook is not a bad singer but there is no fire in the vocals for the music to fan into a conflagration that ignites the imagination. It is good but just never moves up to the next level.