Dave McMurray: Grateful Deadication 2 CD ETJS-1.06 from Blue Note’s first 78-rpm

from Blue Note’s first 78-rpm releases by Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons through Bud Powell

As well as sensitive originals by Jones and bassist Lee Alexander

Jimmy “Fats” Ponder & Leo Smith

was a groove-heavy tour-de-force that announced the arrival of a virtuosic new guitarist on the scene

Slipping into Something

Dave McMurray: Grateful Deadication 2 CD ETJS-1.06 from Blue Note’s first 78-rpmBlue Note, 2023 Saxophonist Dave McMurray returns with Grateful Deadication 2, the follow up to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound which draws upon jazz, pop, rock, soul, reggae, R&B, gospel, and more. The album features McMurrays Detroit band plus special guests Jamey Johnson, Oteil Burbridge, Bob James, and Don Was on a