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Dig A Little Deeper

When Mick Stuart finished jazz school he was the oldest in his class. If he wasn't the worst performer, he certainly felt like it. However, he did pick up some arranging skills and he still liked writing songs. Mick decided to gather some fine musicians around him to make him sound good. It almost worked.

Mick formed the Irish jazz band, Dig A Little Deeper. He wrote 11 original tunes and recruited Ríona Hartman (vocals), Johhny Taylor (piano), Dan Callaghan (double bass) and Tommy Gray (drums) to come with their debut album, Songs From The Small Hours.

If theres any complex stuff in there, it's their fault. They're jazz musicians, they can't help it.

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Album Review

Dig A Little Deeper: Songs From The Small Hours

Read "Songs From The Small Hours" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The title of the debut recording from guitarist Mick Stuart's quintet Dig A Little Deeper captures pretty well the mood of the music--a late night vibe of sultry vocal jazz with brushes and earthy bass setting the mood. Singer Riona Hartman's pure-toned voice holds center stage on eleven original compositions that are notable for their simple narrative flow. Had the order of the songs been rearranged this could almost have been a song cycle tracing the various stages of love, ...

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Dig a little deeper - Help save our blues, roots & jazz musicians deep in the heart of Texas

Dig a little deeper - Help save our blues, roots & jazz musicians deep in the heart of Texas

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

The Jazz Foundation of America's Musicians Emergency Fund stepped up big time to help jny: New Orleans musicians after Hurricane Katrina and its catastrophic flooding aftermath. And it is preparing to reach out to Texas jazz, blues and roots musicians affected by Hurricane Harvey. The Jazz Foundation will help them rebuild, repairing homes, replacing belongings and treasured instruments and even replacing work. Here's a link where you can join me and others in the music community in supporting this great ...

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