Heavy Metal Duo

Heavy Metal Duo: Work Songs and Other Spirituals

by AAJ Staff
October 7, 2004

The Heavy Metal Duo's Work Songs and Other Spirituals is the documentation of one of most unique duos working in jazz and perhaps in jazz history. Tubaist Bob Stewart has almost single-handedly expanded and redefined the tuba's role, and trombonist Ray Anderson covers the better documented and more extensive history of his horn with traces of Vic Dickenson and Trummy Young (two of his earliest influences) and even hints of “Tricky" Sam Nanton in his more contemporary and individual approach. ...