Album Review: Lab 2018/The Rhythm of the Road from the One O' Clock Lab Band
Album Review: Lab 2018/The Rhythm of the Road from the One O' Clock Lab Band Label: North Texas Jazz Website: www.theoneoclock.com and www.jazz.unt.edu The One O'Clock Lab Band presents lounge music in the form of Big Band fashion on their latest recording The Rhythm of the Road from North Texas Jazz music label. Track after track showcases the rip-roaring stylizing of swing, mirroring the era of 1950's jazz. Melodic and frolicking, each arrangement has an uplifting vibe displaying the positive moods that jazz music projects. From the ambling strides of "Train" to the scampering shuffle of "Hey, It's Me You're Talking To," the One O'Clock Lab Band moves between chord changes with complete aplomb and ease. Each track is superbly glazed with swing-imbued attributes from the burlesque-inspired strut of the horns along "Blues for Kazu" to the torchlight trimmings of "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing." The latter fe...