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

[Linda Dachtyl]

Hi Scott,

Thanks, I appreciate it.
This was one I didn't know about at all. The club manager was the  
first to tell me about it, so it was a really nice surprise.

Linda
On May 25, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Scott Hawthorn wrote:

>
> Hi Linda,
> I don't often comment on your stuff that has mostly local interest,  
> but
> this is The Deal! Great writeup; you deserve to be proud. You go.
>
> At 04:33 PM 5/23/2008, Linda Dachtyl wrote:
>> 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
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