[HAM] Review of "For Hep Cats" in Blues Revue Magazine June/July 2008

[Linda Dachtyl]

Bill, the manager of the Thirsty Ear Tavern showed this to me when we  
were setting up for our gig this evening.
So I ran off to Border's to pick up a copy:-).

Linda

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Linda Dachtyl strikes appropriately blue moods on "For Hep  
Cats" (Chicken Coup Records), a fine album of smoky organ jazz  
recorded with Robert Kraut (guitar) and Gene Walker (tenor sax).

She kicks the pedals to push the jaunty "Tone Wheel Grease";  
"Trouble" swings irrepressibly; Jimmy McGriff's "Turn Blue" is slow  
moving dynamite.

Three superior vocals round out the proceedings;
Lady Nikki Scott's "Since I Fell For You" narrowly edges Larry  
Smith's "Little Red Rooster" and Columbus, Ohio singer Jazzmary on  
Nina Simone's "Do I Move You?"

Dachtyl has good chops and feel, and she adjusts her tones carefully  
to evoke elegance or grease as required.

There is no sound more beautiful than a Hammond organ played well.- 
Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue Magazine, June/July 2008