The Larry Douglas Alltet - DedicationsLarry Douglas has ruled as one of San Francisco's top trumpet flugelhorn players for more than three decades. He has worked with such stellar musicians as Freddie Hubbard, Chuck Berry, Albert Collins and Sun Ra. As a member of Johnny Otis and His Orchestra, his playing was featured on four albums including the Grammy nominated Spirit Of The Black Territory Bandsand later Douglas toured internationally with Johnnys son, Shuggie Otis. Larry Douglas has

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sardonic lyrics and an unpredictability that is wholly their own

The first two volumes of singles and B-sides from Thee Oh Sees

The Day After the Revolution -- don't feel as natural as everything that precedes them

but the rest of the disc finds the northern California trio trying on a variety of different guises: 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' is a cliche-strewn foo fighters-style power ballad

‰ÛÏWymond ‰Û÷The Count‰۪: you can almost smell his hair on his hooks

while capturing the notorious intensity of their live show

but the truth is that it's hard to pinpoint influences on an album that is the fifth in the life of this band

Label: Soul Jazz Records ‎– SJR LP147Series: New York Noise – Vol

On Shades of Blue

This is an intimate glimpse into the shared musical world of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile

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