2 Moons
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Record Label: Hawksnest Music
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Cool Shooz, New Jazz Quintet based in Durham, NC
DURHAM, NC - Cool Shooz made its debut at Captured Live on July 19, 1996. After the performance, Don Baker, WNCU, Jazz 90.7 FM dubbed the band, "the best new jazz sound in the Triangle."
The quintet features original jazz and pop music predominantly written by Martin Eagle, keyboard, whose background includes performances with Rhaasan Roland Kirk and Don Ellis, stints as musical director for Mama Cass and Bobby Hatfield of The Righteous Brothers, and recordings of his material by artists ranging from The Animals and Mama Cass to Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys.
Jeff Moe, bass, and Larry Duckworth, drums, are standout players who worked for many years with Jim Ketch, John Harding, Loomis McGlohan, Ed Palontonio and other NC jazz notables. Guitarist Danny Gotham has a long list of recording and gigging credits including Doc Watson, David Bromberg, Leo Kotke and Arlo Guthrie. Saxophone player Jeff Brown, who has performed in Boston, Sydney Australia, and The Downbeat Jazz Festival in Chicago, adds another color to the Cool Shooz pallette.
Cool Shooz has performed, to consistent acclaim, at local club and concert venues. The CD, 2 Moons, contains an enormous variety of styles including be-bop, latin, funk, contemporary and jazz vocals. The band is almost impossible to pigeon hole. The songs were written by Martin Eagle, Jeff Brown and Jeff Moe, and the vocals performed by Eagle and Moe.
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A WONDERFUL ALBUM: GREAT MUSICIANS. THE BEST
author: Dr. Yvonne de Miranda
If you like true musicianship and cool music, you will find those ingredients plentiful here. It is a complex, lovely, and innovative CD with talent on all levels. These sounds are fabulous, soothing and engrossing at the same time, and will pull you into a world of pleasureful listening. I also highly recommend another Martin Eagle CD: A Welcoming Beauty . It's tops.
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