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Release Date: 13 September 2024
Label: Banger Factory Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 726436037556
Genres: Jazz
Description
A true jazz scene veteran barely in his thirties, Artie Zaitz is a musician of taste, imagination, and fire with an instinctive ability to combine multiple contrasting elements in a single run delivering extended, embellished jazz phrases blended seamlessly with blues sensibility and connected via chromatic ladders.
In this, his debut recording as leader, The Regulator (in recognition of his skill in holding down a groove) presents some of the cream of the London jazz scene in an exciting, esoteric combination. Fresh, fun, cool, yet full of blues and grit and infused with trademark humour, Zaitz lays down 6 tracks, deep in parallel with classic organ recordings tracked live in the studio and recorded in full analog glory.
The essence of this combo is in its homage to the soul jazz organ/guitar combos of the mid-60s New York Chitlin circuit although, rather than utilising the traditional organ trio set up, they decided to take it further by adding percussion. First-call organist Ross Stanley stretches out his harmonic and stylistic versatility on the Hammond C-3 "Big Bertha", whipping up a musical tornado firmly abetted by drummer Steve Brown who provides the greasy, swinging, yet solid groove that drives the band. Dave Pattman on conga revels in the space he finds to showcase his Afro-Cuban and Latin American influences adding delectable flavour to the groove.
Tracklisting
Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory
Artie Zaitz & Mark Kavuma
Artie Zaitz
Theo Erskine & Mark Kavuma
The Banger Factory
Kinetika Bloco
Various Artists
Nat King Cole
Mahalia Jackson
David Janeway
Andy LaVerne & Dick Sisto
Malia
JD Allen
Brandon Sanders
