Live at Chan's

Dan Moretti and The Hammond Boys Live at Chan's Dan Moretti and the Hammond boys are alive and cookin with their deep Soul-Jazz performance on this welcome live release. Veteran Saxophonist Dan Moretti has put together a smokin' live set of vibrant Soul-Jazz on Dan Moretti and The Hammond Boys quot;Live at Chan'squot;. With fellow musicians Duke Robillard-Guitar, Dave Limina-Hammond Organ, Lorne Entress-Drums and Jessse Williams-Acoustic and Electric Basses the band is alive and cookin in their deep groove and down-home energy. This recording represents a tribute to the live spirit of the vibrant Soul-Jazz era of the 60's. Many of the grooves of that era are covered like the double shuffle of quot;Shuffle Twistquot;, the flat-tire of quot;Soul Shoutingquot;, and the boogaloo of quot;Ronnies Bonniesquot;, combined with new arrangements like the funk version of quot;Moaninquot; by Bobby Timmons, to the slow blues of quot;Low Downquot; by King Curtis, and a special tribute to Roland Kirk with a great blues flute performance by Moretti on quot;Soul Underneathquot;. These song selections combined with the feel and soulful performances of these jazz and blues veterans makes this Soul-Jazz session a down home and exciting listen. Saxophonist Dan Moretti's rich and diverse performing and recording career has spanned over 30 years with just last year a world tour with legendary guitarist-producer Nile Rodgers in support of his 4 Grammys with Daft Punk. Now he has launched a new label quot;Roots Grooves Recordsquot;, with this his 16th new release. Moretti's recordings have spanned many jazz based styles from straight-jazz to latin-jazz, to Italian roots music and contemporary jazz. Dan Moretti and the Hammond Boys is his long awaited soul-jazz outing. Dan was once asked what kinds of music does he like and his reply was quot;music that sounds good and communicatesquot; I have to quot;get itquot; from an artist. It's that communal feeling that make this new recording a must play.