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Roomful of Blues
Backseat Blues
The Comeback
There Goes the Neighborhood, like much of Roomful s oeuvre, is a fairly standard set of blues offerings with more than a hint of rock, dripping with horns and studded with blistering guitar and piano solos. There s an a.
more »ppropriate mix of mid-tempo tunes (Backseat Blues, Blue, Blue World, the title track), up-tempo rockers (Just Like Dynamite, She s Mine), and slower, moodier pieces (Lost Mind, I Smell Trouble, The Comeback), though all the material is focused on light-heartedness and entertainment. If there s not much innovation here, that s not exactly a problem; Roomful hums along like a well-oiled machine, every part in place and never missing a beat. Genevieve Williams
Singer-composer-teacher and multi-instrumentalist David Thorne Scott immediately said “piano” when asked to name his main instrument. But in line right behind the keyboard are trumpet, flugelhorn, and electric bass. And ahead of them all is his voice.
Scott, who will be celebrating his 50th birthday as well as the release of his newest album “Thornewood” at a concert being streamed through ATAC Downtown Arts & Music (formerly Amazing Things) on April 13, is a jazz singer. A Nebraska native, he spoke about his career and his album from his home in Somerville.
“I was singing before I was playing anything,” he said, then chronicled his journey through music. “I started in the church choir, began playing trumpet in fourth grade, and got into musical theater in sixth grade. I was listening to pop music on the radio – things like Chicago and Hall & Oates. But when I played trumpet in the high school jazz band, I got into swing music, and started listening to Bobby McFerr