Kendrick Oliver
Kendrick Oliver
afford alto areas donald generally hardest hit left people player
The areas that get hardest hit are generally the poorest. Donald Harrison ? he's an alto player from there ? said most of the people who were left there just couldn't afford to leave.
count impact swing
To swing like Count Basie and have the impact of Mahalia Jackson.
bass dance hear might
Wade in the Water. It has different bass lines, reminiscent of what you might hear in a dance club.
archaic good people sounds
It only sounds archaic if people aren't having a good time,
add concert dancing few gospel perfect
We play the Basie stuff, the old spirituals, in big-band style. We do gospel and add a few grooves here and there to make it fresh. To me, the perfect concert would be where 13-year-olds and 75-year-olds are dancing to the same song.
blues capital count grew hear kansas kevin since singing south tribute
I'm from Houston, I grew up in church, I've been singing that way since I was a boy. Kevin is from the blues capital of the world, Kansas City. We can't do a Count Basie tribute without that. You'll hear the South in anything we do.