BETTYE LAVETTE - Blackbirds wagram-music ” “Schism” and “Parabola

” “Schism” and “Parabola

LaVette A&R’d and sequenced the record herself – her first true curation

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Empowered by the definition of a cool bass player Kristoffer Schander

Blow by Blow is balanced by open-ended jamming and crisp ensemble interaction as it sidesteps the bombast that sank much of the jazz-rock fusion of the period

BETTYE LAVETTE - Blackbirds wagram-music ” “Schism” and “ParabolaBETTYE LAVETTE Blackbirds LP Black Vinyl Five time Grammy nominee and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Bettye LaVette releases a new album, Blackbirds, produced by Steve Jordan, on Verve Records. It features songs primarily popularized by women who were the bridge she came across on. These women helped to set the stage for Bettye and her contemporaries. The album finds LaVette in top form with powerful renditions of songs that touched her personally. From