Tom Maxwell, Samsara - 39m 29s

Tracks & Durations

1. Indicatif	0:44
2. Sixes And Sevens To Me	2:18
3. The Uptown Stomp	3:09
4. Can't Sleep	3:14
5. The Mooche	3:27
6. If I Had You	3:19
7. Caveat Emptor	2:42
8. Some Born Singing	1:39
9. Don't Give Me The Runaround	3:40
10. Flame In My Heart	2:27
11. Nobody Likes You	0:48
12. Three Fires blues	2:50
13. Roll Them Bones	3:19
14. You Always Get What's Coming	2:28
15. Samsara	3:16

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Review

For his post-Zippers debut, former Squirrel Nut frontman Tom Maxwell shows great skill at mixing musical languages. For starters, he opens with a sona solo (that's a Chinese reed instrument, natch). Then he kicks in with a pair of horn-heavy rave-ups--"Sixes and Sevens to Me" and "The Uptown Stomp." What stands out in the swing department is Maxwell's more cabaret-touched approach, less about Setzerian flash and more about energetic detail and drama. Just as a sona solo opens the album, so too two other Buddhist numbers appear: "Some Born Singing" and the title track, both sung by Holly Harding Baddour. She has a voice that peaks and wavers on these Asian-tinged numbers and then swaggers on "If I Had You," a sultry cabaret swinger. Maxwell moves in other directions, too: "Flame in My Heart" is a George Jones tune, faithfully rendered, "Three Fire Blues" is Maxwell as a solo guitar bluesman, and "You Always Get What's Coming" has the leader duetting with Tom Loncaric on pipe organ. Samsara's an ambitious outing, as big in scope maybe as are Maxwell's spiritual notions. This is also an immense creative success. --Andrew Bartlett

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