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    taoboy@cox.net Posted On March 27, 2017
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    Corky Siegle’s Chamber Blues

    Different Voices

    Dawnserly Records

     

       This is definitely the most interesting, intricate, and daring recording to come to this reviewer’s attention in quite awhile.  There are musical interludes that include Blues, Folk, Classical, and Jazz that intermix and mingle creating new common grounds that open ever expanding vistas to wider exploration.  This disc which is due to appear on April 4, 2017 has been a long evolving work in progress for this musician and the intimate groups and individuals he works with.  Corky Siegel has long been a legend as a harmonica wielding cross genre musician who loves to break down barriers, and who manages to bring together other like minded souls for certain projects that spark interest in multiple divergent genres of music, from the hard blues of his early days with Jim Schwall to some of the divergent musicians he plays this music with.  Musicians lending their talents include Ernie Watts, Sandeep Das, and Marcy Levy.  This is truly a collaborative effort combining the works of many disparate forces, interwoven by the visionary on the harmonica.  

     

        We have on this disc a carefully selected group of musicians:  think it is safe to say we all know Corky Siegel and his mastery of the Blues Harmonica and Vocals, and then we have the classical string quartet of Jamie Gorgojo (Violin), Chihsuan Yang (Violin/Erhu {a two stringed bowed Chinese Violin}/vocals), Dave Moss (Viola) Jocelyn Butler Shoulders (Cello).  This aggregate is then and reenforced with various voices such as Sam Lay, Sandeep Das, Mathew Santos, Marcy Levy (AKA Marella Detroit) and the Sons of the Never Wrong.  Power and delicacy combined. 

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02c1KRpfVSQ

     

        Then there are the songs, six are composed by Corky Siegel, one by Corky and Holly Siegel, one by Corky Siegel and Mathew Santos, one by Mathew Santos, one by Eric Clapton, one by Albert Brumley Sr., and one by Hai Huang-Hai as diverse a group of Composers as you will find.  The songs stretch an equally wide variety of material.  Suffice it to say the music is as diverse as both the musicians and the composers but never easy to pin down and always intriguing.  A fantastical and complete work that will provoke much thought and hopefully some comparable works by others coming.  

     

    by bob gottlieb 

     

     

     




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