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Hanson Live
HANSON:
Live From
Albertane
(Mercury
Records)
VARIOUS
ARTISTS:
C hef Aid:
TheSouth
Park Album
(Columbia
Records)
of them together,” explains label
hile crowds throughout
president Dave Love. “Together,
Europe have cheered
these guys are the ultimate con­
heads Up International recording
temporary jazz band.
artist Joe McBride, Kenny Blake
They have sold out shows all
Gerald Veasley at special live per­
across
Europe, so we thought it
formance of the Heads Up Super
was
time
to share their collabora­
Band, the trio have rarely teamed
tions
with
audiences at home.”
for U.S. appearances. However,
Following
Berks,
the Heads Up
fans in the Northwest who are
Super
Band
also
performed
last
familiar with the band’s new al­
summer
at
a
few
major
jazz
festi­
bum Heads Up Super Band Live
vals, including the Capital Jazz Fes­
at Berks Jazz Fest (HUCD 3046)
tival, Syracuse’s Jazz Festival,
— will finally have a chance to hear
Carolina Music Fest and theClififord
the band perform December 31 at
Brown Jazz Festival.
KKJZ Radio’s New Year’s Eve
In addition to Heads Up Band
event at the Embassy Suites in
Live
At Berks Jazz Fest, three
downtown Portland.
members
o f the group have re­
Heads Up S uper Band Live at
corded
their
own solo projects for
Berks Jazz Fest was released ear­
the label:
lier this fall and has been steadily
Acclaimed Steeltown saxman
climbing the smooth jazz radio
Kenny
Blake was a smooth jazz,
charts nationwide. Featuring pia-
radio
favorite
with his 1996 album,
nist/vocalist McBride, saxophon­
An
Intimate
Affair
(HUCD 3037),
ist Blake, and bassist Veasley with
his fourth CD for Heads Up Best
drummer Keith Carlock, the disc is
Known for his trademark R&B
also enhanced CD featuring video
rolling sound recalling KingCurtis
footage from the bands spring 1998
and Cannonball Adderly, Blake
concert in Berks county, Pennsyl­
signed with Heads Up in 1991 after
vania.
a stint with pop-jazz band Cabo
The Super Band brings together
Frio.
the top smooth jazz players from
Pianist/vocalist Joe McBride is
the roster of Seattle-based record
riding high on the success of his
label Heads Up International.
1998 recording. Double Take
“Though Kenny, Joe and Gerald
(HUCD
3044), his fourth Heads
are all great solo artists with fol­
Up
release.
Refusing to confine
lowings o f their own, sometimes
himself
to
any
particular genre of
we can’t resist the temptation to
music,
the
Dallas-based
musician
create a monster show featuring all
W
blends Jazz, bebop, R&B, funk,
gospel and hip hop on the new
album, which features guest per­
formances by saxophonist Dave
Kozand Richard Elliot, flugelhomist
Rick Braun, vocalist Phil Perry,
and guitarist Peter White.
Gerald Veasley, who specializes
in six-string electric bass, brought
together an all-star lineup for his
1997 Heads Up release, Soul con­
trol. Guests included saxophonist
Grover Washington, Jr. and fellow
Heads Up Band members Blake
and McBride, as well as jazz, soul
diva Dianne Reeves, Earth Wind &
Fire vocalist Philip Bailey, trum-
peter/flugelhomist Rick Braun,
Caribbean Jazz. Projects vibra-
phonist Dave Samuels, and the late
saxophonist George Howard.
Drummer Keith Carlock is the
newest member o f this tight en­
semble. Carlock is also currently
recording and touring with Steeley
Dan, The Blues Brothers, Paula
Abdul and others.
All of the Heads Up Super Band
members’ recent solo release are
also enhanced CDs, which feature
videos, sound bytes, biographical
information, graphics, free internet
access and more.
The KKJZ New Year’s perfor­
mance and champagne buffet kicks
off at 8 p.m. Tickets are available
through Fastixx. For more infor­
mation, phone 503-224-8499
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