Rob Ickes - What It Is (2002)
Artist: Rob Ickes
Title: What It Is
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Rounder
Genre: Americana, Country, Bluegrass
Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:56:43
Total Size: 132 / 341 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
TracklistTitle: What It Is
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Rounder
Genre: Americana, Country, Bluegrass
Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:56:43
Total Size: 132 / 341 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Mr. Goodbar
02. Scheerhorn Shuffle
03. Self Portrait
04. Stanford And Son
05. I'll Take Les
06. Killeen
07. Juke Joint
08. Blues For Sammy
09. When We Were Leaving
10. Union Pacific
11. 50 Years Ago
As in 1999's Slide City, Rob Ickes again combines jazz and swing stylings with the more countrified leanings of the dobro. The results are mixed and, at times, meld into a too-smooth combo resembling light jazz. What It Is works best when Ickes loosens up a bit around the instrument's natural inclinations: the way he works the melody on "Killeen," which was inspired by the Texan town, seems to point toward a more string-based effort; a cover of Marc Johnson's "Union Pacific" further iterates Ickes' simpler but no less enjoyable leanings; and "Blues for Sammy," which was written in response to Charlie Parker's Savoy sessions, allows him to stretch out his abilities as a great technician of the instrument.
