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Steve Cannon and the Blow Hard Big Band: Full Blown

Read "Full Blown" reviewed by Jack Bowers


When I was a youngster, a blowhard was someone who was always making outlandish statements, usually about himself, with absolutely no proof to back them up. On its debut album, Full Blown, trumpeter Steve Cannon's Blow Hard Big Band makes some statements too, but the proof is in the playing--and the inescapable verdict is that Cannon's superlative ensemble warrants any praise, no matter how grand or immoderate.

The band is sharp and powerful, rock-steady and swinging all the way--but then, ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Full Blown

Brocan Records
2006

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