Big Sugar

by Big Sugar

Overview

While blues is the springboard, Big Sugar may simply be too eclectic for its own commercial good. The improvisational twists of Monk's "Bensha Swing" and mellow jazz vibe of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" won't sit comfortably in everyone's books with the R&B shuffle of "Sleep In Late" or "Motherless Children"'s wicked slide guitar. "Come Back Baby" plays with the riff to The Champs' "Tequila"; Infidels vocalist Molly Johnson (who Big Sugar back up in clubs as a jazz-standards side-project) does the vocal honors on "'Round Midnight." Gordie Johnson himself pens the discs two highlights: both "Groundhog Day" and "Goodbye Train" feature funky, lurching rhythms and muscular guitar work that offer just the right blend of originality and familiarity. ~ Roch Parisien

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2003
Label:	Koch
UPC:	0771356100521
Rank:	188465

Tracks

1. Sleep in Late
2. Come Back Baby
3. Motherless Children
4. So Many Roads (For Clive)
5. Bemsha Swing
6. Stardust
7. Groundhog Day
8. Just About Sunrise
9. Goodbye Train
10. Nowhere to Go
11. 'Round Midnight
12. Devil Got My Woman

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Sugar   Primary Artist
Gene Hardy   Saxophone
Al Cross   Drums
David Wall   Vocals
Molly Johnson   Vocals
Andrew Whiteman   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Gordie Johnson   Guitar,Vocals
Kate Fenner   Vocals
Gregor Beresford   Percussion
Nic Gotham   Saxophone
Patrick Ballantyne   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Johnny Lee Johnson   Saxophone
Terry Wilkins   Vocals,Bass

Technical Credits

Tom Treumuth   Audio Production,Mixing,Producer
Big Sugar   Audio Production,Producer
Terry Wilkins   Group Member
Bernie Hanighen   Composer
James Stewart   Mixing
Denzil Best   Composer
Al Cross   Group Member
Nehemiah James   Composer
Thelonious Monk   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Dave Wall   Composer
Gordie Johnson   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
Daryn Barry   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Alfio Annibalini   Digital Editing
Cootie Williams   Composer
Marshall Paul   Composer
George Graves   Mastering
David Andoff   Design,Art Direction
Tom Rogers   Engineer
Denise Grant   Photography
B.B. Arnold   Composer
Traditional   Composer