DESCRIPTION:
Hamiet Bluiett, bari sax/contrabass clarinet
Keter Betts, bass
Rodney Jones, acoustic guitar/synthesizer
Ed Cherry, electric guitar
Gali Sanchez, percussion
Myrrh, narration

KING/BLUIETT TRIO:
Makin' Whoopee: Tribute to the King Cole Trio
"The CD is superb overall, but one cut of particular and immediate note is the version of Route 66, reinterpreted as a cross-country journey set as a jazz poem. (Dig how when they get out west, the percussionist comes in with Indian tom-tom beats, or how Hamiet's sax impersonates car horns to represent the freeway). It's remarkable: The kind of unexpected cut that can make a good jazz show into a truly great one, and one of the main reasons why Makin' Whoopee is a real keeper." - James Lien