After Hours Swing Session

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 40:31

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While guitarist Duke Robillard has won widespread popularity for his facility with rocking blues and barrelhouse numbers, he also loves understated, quietly swinging jazz fare. He got a chance to demonstrate his proficiency in this style on this intimate combo session. The eight songs featured on the CD include brisk workouts as well as light-hearted numbers that showcase Robillard’s decent, if not great, voice, along with his fluid, tasty fills and crisp, clean acoustic and electric guitar solos. Here’s another side of Duke Robillard, one that deserves equal billing with the flashy, burning one. – Ron Wynn