Time: 47:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jump Blues, R&B
Art: Full
01. It's Love I Guarantee (3:29)
02. She Walked Right In (4:03)
03. Hush Baby Don't You Cry (3:08)
04. Fool's Blues (3:31)
05. Every Tic's Got A Toc (3:24)
06. The Blind Boy (3:41)
07. Livin' Is A Crime (4:36)
08. Lil' Dog (3:17)
09. I'm Gone (3:34)
10. Have Mercy Baby (3:23)
11. Hey Girl (3:26)
12. Kind Lovin' Daddy (3:33)
13. Got Myself A Diamond (4:35)
Personnel:
Gus Spenos: tenor sax/solos/vocals
Wycliffe Gordon: trombone/solos; Corey Wilcox trombone
Freddie Hendrix: trumpet/solos; Tatum Greenblatt trumpet
Walter Blanding: tenor sax; Bruce Williams alto sax/solos
Jason Marshall: baritone sax/solos; Chris Burger upright bass
Cecil Brooks III: drums; Brad Williams guitar/solos
Collin DeJoseph: piano; Wincey Terry Bryant backup vocals
Audrey Shakir: backup vocals
Renee Collins Georges: backup vocals
Fans of jump, swing and boogie, rejoice: You have a new artist to play.
Gus Spenos is a bluesman with the shouting style of some of the all-time greats who also has serious sax chops (and the day job of being a top neurologist in Indianapolis). On his second album, "It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee," Spenos and his band prove they know how to lay down tracks that make listeners want to move and groove to the music.
On a set that mixes classic-sounding originals such as the title track with a varied selection of carefully chosen tunes from the past, Spenos teams with ten-time trombonist of the year Wycliffe Gordon, legendary drummer Cecil Brooks III, and a selection of other veteran performers, including two ex-Raelette backing vocalists on five songs. A swinging, energetic combination of tunes, the album, due March 1, is the follow-up to Spenos' highly acclaimed "If You Were Gold Baby," released in 2016. Spenos plays finger-snapping, horn-heavy R&B with a touch of jazz on the album's thirteen tracks, accompanied by his all-star lineup of performers. Filled with tight arrangements and cool-blowing sax, "It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee" will set listeners free and thrill their auditory cortexes. The album “jumps the blues” to a degree that may well resurrect the dearly departed!
Gus Spenos: tenor sax/solos/vocals
Wycliffe Gordon: trombone/solos; Corey Wilcox trombone
Freddie Hendrix: trumpet/solos; Tatum Greenblatt trumpet
Walter Blanding: tenor sax; Bruce Williams alto sax/solos
Jason Marshall: baritone sax/solos; Chris Burger upright bass
Cecil Brooks III: drums; Brad Williams guitar/solos
Collin DeJoseph: piano; Wincey Terry Bryant backup vocals
Audrey Shakir: backup vocals
Renee Collins Georges: backup vocals
Fans of jump, swing and boogie, rejoice: You have a new artist to play.
Gus Spenos is a bluesman with the shouting style of some of the all-time greats who also has serious sax chops (and the day job of being a top neurologist in Indianapolis). On his second album, "It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee," Spenos and his band prove they know how to lay down tracks that make listeners want to move and groove to the music.
On a set that mixes classic-sounding originals such as the title track with a varied selection of carefully chosen tunes from the past, Spenos teams with ten-time trombonist of the year Wycliffe Gordon, legendary drummer Cecil Brooks III, and a selection of other veteran performers, including two ex-Raelette backing vocalists on five songs. A swinging, energetic combination of tunes, the album, due March 1, is the follow-up to Spenos' highly acclaimed "If You Were Gold Baby," released in 2016. Spenos plays finger-snapping, horn-heavy R&B with a touch of jazz on the album's thirteen tracks, accompanied by his all-star lineup of performers. Filled with tight arrangements and cool-blowing sax, "It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee" will set listeners free and thrill their auditory cortexes. The album “jumps the blues” to a degree that may well resurrect the dearly departed!
It's Lovin' I Guarantee