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Soul Serenade
by The Derek Trucks Band
from Sony

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• koolest blues playing
  Derek Trucks has proven that there is still room for improvement on the creative platform. He and is super talented band are the best I've heard in a long time. These boys use the full musical palette of colour...it aint just BLUE!!

• Truckin'
  Soul Serenade (Columbia) by the Derek Trucks Band is one of the best albums I have heard this year(2003). It won't matter how this album is classified, either, because it has it all. For those who liked Allman Brothers guitarist Trucks on his eponymous band's major-label debut, 2002's Joyful Noise, will find this CD to be even more impressive. Soul Serenade was actually recorded three years ago, before Joyful Noise, but is being released only now. It's been worth the wait because the Derek Trucks Band is... more info

• Eclectic Synthesis?
  I read most of the reviews and the words 'jam band' crop up way too often. And to try to pigeon hole this stuff as jazz/fusion/southern rock doesn't do it justice. "Derek should use his fingers to play". Believe me, he uses his fingers! He's obviously 'cut the umbilical' to Warren and the ABB. He stays with them because he loves it. I believe he can play/sit in with anybody. To say it's 'courageous' is not quite accurate either, since the ABB has fooled around with Soul Serenade quite a bit; not to mention... more info

• continued growth by a prodigy
  Derek Trucks continues to blur the lines between jazz, blues, and world music. His slide playing, always among the best around gives several standards a new twist and the bands playing is first rate.
  The record starts with a sweet taste of King Curtis' Soul Serenade seguing into Rasta Man Chant. Bock to Bock slides into cool jazz and afro Blue is a trip to the heart of Coltrane country. the two are sandwiched around an outstanding take on Ray Charles' Drown in My Own Tears featuring Gregg Allman doing... more info

Tracks:

1. Soul Serenade/Rasta Man Chant - Derek Trucks, Ousley, C.
2. Bock to Bock - Derek Trucks, Montgomery, B.
3. Drown in My Own Tears - Derek Trucks, Glover, H.
4. Afro Blue - Derek Trucks, Santamaria, M.
5. Elvin - Derek Trucks, Trucks, D.
6. Oriental Folk Song - Derek Trucks, Traditional
7. Sierra Leone - Derek Trucks, Trucks, D.
8. [Enhanced CD-ROM] - Derek Trucks,

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