ANDY COHEN & JACK RADCLIFFE
Four Hands No Waiting
Four Hands, No Waiting – Midnight Hour Blues
– Cincinnati Flow Rag – It’s Too Short – Organ Grinder Swing – Weenie
Man – Furry’s Blues – Miss New Orleans – Cold In Hand Blues – Cow Cow
Blues – Florida Blues – If I Could Be With You – Honey, It Must Be Love
– Cincinnati Flow Rag – It’s Too Short – Organ Grinder Swing – Weenie
Man – Furry’s Blues – Miss New Orleans – Cold In Hand Blues – Cow Cow
Blues – Florida Blues – If I Could Be With You – Honey, It Must Be Love
Lots of keyboard blues on this CD. Good sounding piano I
must say, sounds like an old upright now and then. But there’s some
boogie woogie, some Dixieland, and there’s some incredibly good rags on
this project. How far removed popular music is today from what it once
was. These two very professional and great sounding artists are
actually music preservationists, and boy do they do a good job of it.
Andy Cohen grew up with a piano and Dixieland in the house to keep him
company. For awhile he was a ‘folkie’ liking Bill Bill Broonzy and
Elizabeth Cotton, but Lead Belly wasn’t far behind. He perfected his
own way and style of music along the way, and today he’s one of the top
preservationists of the southeast quadrant of America, the mother lode
of this country’s very own music. “Cincinnati Flow Rag” reflects this
incredibly well performed music. Sometimes I feel like I should be
watching an old black and white Charlie Chaplin movie, but just in time
lyrics resolve that. Blues, standard chords, standard changes, standard
genius prevail in all the blues songs these two very gifted musicians
play. One of the things I like about what they are doing with their
blues is they don’t mimic or ape black voices, they don’t have to. For a
minute I thought maybe “Furry’s Blues” was in 5/4 time, you know Dave
Brubeck style, but it’s definitely a Cohen/Radcliffe presentation.
“Miss New Orleans” brings a sentimental sound to the vocals, Paris,
France, New Orleans, some smoky little music bar somewhere no one
cares. Super! Being an old Iowa farm boy not too far from Davenport, I
couldn’t help but like “Cow Cow Blues,” a double piano love affair.
The other half of this musical love affair is Jack Radcliffe, who also
grew up in a household with a piano, some Dixieland jazz, and a strong
desire to hit the road when the folk-music regeneration occurred.
Actually this entire presentation is blamed on a barber. So we all
Thank God for the barber. What an entirely pleasant listening experience
this is. Wepecket Island Records, 573 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford, MA
02740
must say, sounds like an old upright now and then. But there’s some
boogie woogie, some Dixieland, and there’s some incredibly good rags on
this project. How far removed popular music is today from what it once
was. These two very professional and great sounding artists are
actually music preservationists, and boy do they do a good job of it.
Andy Cohen grew up with a piano and Dixieland in the house to keep him
company. For awhile he was a ‘folkie’ liking Bill Bill Broonzy and
Elizabeth Cotton, but Lead Belly wasn’t far behind. He perfected his
own way and style of music along the way, and today he’s one of the top
preservationists of the southeast quadrant of America, the mother lode
of this country’s very own music. “Cincinnati Flow Rag” reflects this
incredibly well performed music. Sometimes I feel like I should be
watching an old black and white Charlie Chaplin movie, but just in time
lyrics resolve that. Blues, standard chords, standard changes, standard
genius prevail in all the blues songs these two very gifted musicians
play. One of the things I like about what they are doing with their
blues is they don’t mimic or ape black voices, they don’t have to. For a
minute I thought maybe “Furry’s Blues” was in 5/4 time, you know Dave
Brubeck style, but it’s definitely a Cohen/Radcliffe presentation.
“Miss New Orleans” brings a sentimental sound to the vocals, Paris,
France, New Orleans, some smoky little music bar somewhere no one
cares. Super! Being an old Iowa farm boy not too far from Davenport, I
couldn’t help but like “Cow Cow Blues,” a double piano love affair.
The other half of this musical love affair is Jack Radcliffe, who also
grew up in a household with a piano, some Dixieland jazz, and a strong
desire to hit the road when the folk-music regeneration occurred.
Actually this entire presentation is blamed on a barber. So we all
Thank God for the barber. What an entirely pleasant listening experience
this is. Wepecket Island Records, 573 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford, MA
02740
Review by Bob Everhart www.ntcma.net for Country Music News International