{"id":56,"date":"2005-05-05T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T01:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/?p=56"},"modified":"2015-03-23T20:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T01:49:04","slug":"album-review-offbeat-magazine-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"ALBUM REVIEW: Offbeat Magazine (New Orleans)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/?p=56\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Sousaphonist Kirk Joseph puts his solitary mark on the hard-driving opener, \u201cBackyard Groove.\u201d He and guest, saxophonist Donald Harrison, who lays down his own distinctive stamp, engage in some fine bobbing and weaving with solid riffing by the horns of trumpeter Raymond Williams and saxophonist Sherik Akbar. Drummer Kevin O\u2019Day is just all over this tune. Expect the unexpected on this package from the sousaphone master as the next voice\u2014and piano\u2014up is Dr. John, on the aptly titled \u201cLaid Back.\u201d It\u2019s a natural to slide right into the good doctor\u2019s easy frame mind on this relaxed number. Here, guitarist Hironari Mano gets some well-utilized solo time. Throughout the disc, there\u2019s a bunch of mixing it up with various musicians and styles. For instance, rap meets brassy funk on \u201cA Walker\u2019s Groove\u201d and a tropical sway brushes \u201cThinking of Her\u201d with \u201cMean\u201d Willie Green on wickedly wonderful percussion. Of course, funk is the main ingredient at the barbecue though Joseph takes advantage of the presence of Dr. John and Harrison at the roast and allows some quiet time as he thoughtfully backs them on the ballad, \u201cI Can\u2019t Get Started.\u201d The Bonerama horns turn up for \u201cBlackout\u201d and later Theresa Andersson brings her violin and voice to join an array of other guests on the skanking \u201cNo Meat.\u201d There\u2019s plenty on the grill to select from this Backyard Groove bash.<\/p>\n<p>Geraldine Wyckoff, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offbeat.com\/music\/kirk-josephs-backyard-groove-sousafunk-ave-audible-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\">offbeat.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sousaphonist Kirk Joseph puts his solitary mark on the hard-driving opener, \u201cBackyard Groove.\u201d He and guest, saxophonist Donald Harrison, who lays down his own distinctive stamp, engage in some fine bobbing and weaving with solid riffing by the horns of trumpeter Raymond Williams and saxophonist Sherik Akbar. Drummer Kevin O\u2019Day is just all over this tune. Expect the unexpected on this package from the sousaphone master as the next voice\u2014and piano\u2014up is Dr. John, on the aptly titled \u201cLaid Back.\u201d It\u2019s a natural to slide&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-sousafunk-ave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkjoseph.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}