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The Hard Way (CD)

By: William Clarke (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Hard Way (CD) Album By William Clarke (Artist)
1   Boss, The
2   Five Card Hand
3   Fishing Blues
4   Evil
5   Letter From Home
6   My Mind Is Working Overtime
7   Last Monday Morning
8   Moten Swing
9   Blues Is Killing Me
10   Don't Treat Me Wrong
11   Respect Me, Baby
12   Other Side Of Town
13   Walkin'
 

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Los Angeles harp vet Clarke essays a swinging set of tunes that combines a loose, jazzy feel with a handful of rock-solid, Chicago-style stompers. The result is an intriguing hybrid that contains allusions to several different subgenres. Indeed, Clarke's avowed intention on THE HARD WAY is to tip his hat to the tenor sax-led organ trios that were an early influence on his musical mind. That style itself-an amalgam of jazz and blues-blurred dividing lines, and Clarke's arrangements of such tunes as Muddy Waters' "Evil" and the jazz chestnut "Moten Swing" further that cross-pollination with engaging results.

Clarke takes it a step further, though, by bringing in the saxes of Jon Viau and Troy Jennings. Their instrumental voices move the music toward a swinging, jazzy feel, realizing the jazz influence that's often hinted at by such West Coast harpmen as James Harman. Clarke himself is the common thread that links all these elements. His thick, dirty tone provides a direct contrast to the sharp execution and eloquent lyricism of the lines he blows on these tunes

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