Dragging in Some Talented Cats

"Look What the Cats Drug In, Volume I" is the debut in a Blue Canoe Records series featuring selections from its catalog. This dynamic installment examines premier selections from Blue Canoe's straight-ahead and post-bop releases.

Here is just a sample of the staggering list of performance credits for these artists:

    -  Wynton Marsalis
    -  Jimmy Smith
    -  George Benson
    -  Victor Wooten
    -  Bill Anschell
    -  Oteil Burbridge
    -  Vinnie Calaiuta
    -  Stefon Harris
    -  Donald Brown
    -  Vincent Herring
    -  Wycliffe Gordon
    -  Ray Charles
    -  Stevie Wonder
    -  Bill Frisell
    -  John Scofield
    -  Jerry Coker
    -  James Williams
    -  George Coleman
    -  Herbie Hancock
    -  Christian McBride
    -  McCoy Tyner
    -  Carlos Santana

"Look What the Cats Drug In" opens with ripping guitar work from Dan Baraszu on "Neutron Star", a song inspired by Stevie Wonder's "Too High". There is no slowing down with the complex harmonies by Eugene Maslov on "Last Ray". Blue Canoe's stable of talented artists is further exposed in "Symmetry 1" with the fluid, highly polished lines of virtuoso trumpeter Thomas Heflin. The album continues with unimaginable horn players Bryan Lopes and Ron Westray as well as the stellar compositional and orchestral arranging of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. The compilation brings it home rhythmically with percussionists Philip Smith and Jimmy "Junebug" Jackson. Listen for the famous Jimmy Smith on the B3 on the final tune by Junebug, "Save Your Love For Me (live)".

"Look What the Cats Drug In" is a vibrant exploration of the post-bop gems in Blue Canoe Records' vast and ever-growing catalog. Quite literally, "Look What the Cats Drug In" displays the finest musicianship of modern jazz.

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