A chance encounter and a shared love of this special kind of music lead Steve Gadd, known for his collaboration with Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Eric Clapton among others, to join forces with saxophone player Michael Blicher and Hammond organ player Dan Hemmer in 2014.
The band has toured all over Europe and Scandinavia twice and this second album was recorded live in Germany, England, and Denmark during their 2016 tour. These recordings has captured the amazingly charming live energy from four hardswingin' late-night shows in some of Europe's best intimate jazz clubs and Blicher, Hemmer, and Gadd swings with vividness on this brilliant live set that has an engagingly punchy sense of detail and soulfullness and the audience responds ecstatically.
This album is with no doubt a unique opportunity to experience one of the world's most innovative and highly regarded drummers unfolding his talent, playing a kind of music he is very most passionate about — organtrio souljazz. The album contains original music by Michael Blicher and the blues-classic "My Babe" and and the spiritual "Elijah Rock."
"All the original Omara albums are now sold out. And instead of just printing new ones we thought, 'Why not see if we can make this album sound even better?' We decided to revisit the original mix and together with Brinkmann Audio and Railroad Tracks Studio in Germany we have now created a totally unique sounding Audiophile Remastered version of our second album Omara. Check it out — We love it!"
Features
• Audiophile 180g Vinyl
• DMM
• Remastered
• Gatefold Jacket
• Import
Musicians
Michael Blicher - saxophone
Dan Hemmer - Hammond organ
Steve Gadd – drums
Selections
Side A:
1. Omara
2. Elijah Rock
3. They had No Roses
4. The Colour Red
Side B:
1. Three Grains Of Salt
2. My Babe
3. If I Were A Cow
4. Korean BBQ