The Bruce Katz Band - A Deeper Blue
Severn  (2004)
Blues

In Collection
#539

7*
CD  65:08
13 tracks
   01   Know It? I Wrote It!             03:13
   02   Greasy Sticks             05:18
   03   The Dark Room             06:31
   04   Yeah, Maybe             05:18
   05   Poptop             04:44
   06   The Stroll             04:09
   07   (Why Don't You Just) Go Home!             05:53
   08   Call It Gone             06:02
   09   Stovepipe Boogie             03:03
   10   Slinky             06:35
   11   Blues In D Natural             05:24
   12   For Cliff             06:10
   13   Jump'd             02:48
Personal Details
Details
Country USA
Cat. Number 28
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
Deeper Blue
Bruce Katz Band

Release Date Jul 20, 2004

Recording Date Dec 15, 2003-Dec 17, 2003

Review by Matt Collar
Keyboardist Bruce Katz showcases his jazz-meets-blues chops on Deeper Blue. Featuring Katz on both the Hammond B-3 organ and piano, the results sound something like a progressive, post-bop jazz group heavily into early-period Ray Charles. Although Katz is the featured player here, the album plays more like a group effort with guitarists Ronnie Earl and Michael Williams coming front and center much of the time. To these ends, "(Why Don't You Just) Go Home!" is a quick and funky Medeski, Martin & Wood-style burner, "Greasy Sticks" is a suitably greasified shuffle, and "Slinky" is a menacing and atmospheric mid-tempo modern blues. Longtime Katz fans and listeners searching for some rootsy and intelligent improvisational music should find much to enjoy here.