Blicher Hemmer Gadd

Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Omara

by Roger Farbey
February 3, 2018

Recorded live in 2016 at various venues including London, UK, Odense, Denmark and Kiel, Germany, this is a very appealing organ trio album. The overriding ambiance of this live album recalls the late Jimmy Smith at his grooviest. Take for example the rocking blues of Willie Dixon's “My Babe" which motors along with a characteristic vibrancy. Notably here and on several of the numbers including the laid-back opener title track, Steve Gadd uses brushes to great effect, proving that deftness ...