Music Reviews: Big Band Blues and Jazz from Swingadelic, Jim Waller Big Band, Ian Charleton Big Band
Skip to main content Music Reviews: Big Band Blues and Jazz from Swingadelic, Jim Waller Big Band, Ian Charleton Big Band Sign In Jon Sobel, BLOGCRITICS.ORG FacebookTwitterEmail Three recent albums are muscling the big band jazz tradition into the new decade, each in its own way. On Bluesville, New York City's Swingadelic focuses on the bluesy side of big band music. The Jim Waller Big Band funks it up on A Fresh Perspective. Bluesville "Groovy" is the word for the bluesy big-band swing of this good-time set from Swingadelic, a mainstay of Restaurant Row's Swing 46 Jazz and Supper Club in ...