Corky Siegel - Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues (1994)

Tracklist

01. Unfinished Jump (Opus 13 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
02. Filisko's Dream (Opus 12 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
03. Concerto for Alberti Blues Piano (Opus 6 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
04. Koulangatta
05. Allegro (Opus 8 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
06. No One's Got Them Like I Do
07. Opus 11 for Solo Violin (from the Chamber Blues Suite)
08. Slow Blues (Opus 7 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
09. Concerto for 2nd Violin (Opus 9 from the Chamber Blues Suite)
10. Insecurity


Corky Siegel decided to return to solo recording in the early '90s, prompted by a few reunion concerts with his old partner, Jim Schwall. Instead of taking the easy way out and running through a few standards predictably, Siegel came up with the Chamber Blues project. As the title suggests, Chamber Blues fuses blues with classical music and blues. Specifically, it features a string quartet, Siegel on piano and harmonica, and a tabla player. It certainly sounds intriguing on paper, but it never quite gels, since it's always possible to visualize the scaffolding that supports the music. Still, Siegel proves himself to be more ambitious than the average blues musician, and more adventurous blues listeners may find this worth exploring at least once.

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