Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

Charles Waring

★★★ Cold As Weiss COLEMINE. CD/DL/LP Soul-jazz group’s cool, retro-flavoured grooves. BACK IN THE late ’50s and early ’60s, organ trios were the hippest combos in jazz, led by Hammond heroes such as Jimmy Smith and Big John Patton. Taking their stylistic cue from those pioneers, this Seattle-based trio combine cool Blue Note-influenced sounds with funk elements that reverberate with echoes of The Meters, The JB’s (minus the horns) and Booker T. & The M.G.’s. The band’s new drummer Daniel Weiss is the inspiration for this third LP, where his snare drum’s crisp crackle locks in with Jimmy James’s scratchy guitar filigrees and Lamarr’s booming organ bass. From the funky Pull Up Your Pants to the slow-grinding Big TT’s Blues and more upbeat Get Da Steppin’, the DLO3 serve up a decidedly old school-sounding…

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