Project Grand Slam’s 7th Release Reveals A Marriage of Rock and Jazz To Great Success

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Published on Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:15

Written by Brad Balfour

Project Grand Slam

PSG 7
Album

Live Show

The Groove!

125 MacDougal St.

One set – 7:30pm – 8:30pm.

Admission $5

The brainchild of seasoned bassist/composer Robert Miller, Project Grand Slam (PGS) continues catalog building with  PGS 7 — its latest release. This ensemble proves there’s no shame in sticking to your guns and hammering away with a fusion of Jazz, Rock and Latino stylizations — maybe not so familiar to a millennial and post-millennial crowd — but stuff deep in the craw of any proficient musician appreciative of these recordings. The dialogue the band makes between genres gets slicker and slicker with every subsequent release yet PSG never loses its raw, propulsive core.

Originally formed in 2007, PGS has released eight well-received albums all acclaimed for lovers of fusion. Based in New York City.
PSG 7 may be the “album of the year” for lovers of great insrumentalists and great rock vocals. In so many ways PSG should at least come close given the paucity of musical depth so much pop music reflects. The previous release, “Greetings From Serbia (Jan. 2019) was recorded live at the Nisville Jazz Festival and is noted for being  “a watershed record” — a great live document.

But a studio returned was awaited by fans. The previous studio album Trippin’ (2018) hit Billboard’s chart and was named a “best of 2018” on many lists. Now, PSG 7 does that all that the previous studio album did and more. Pick it up or head to a live show.

In anticipation of the new year, PSG starts its Fall performance schedule with a return engagement Friday, Sept. 20th at its “home base” in NYC — The Groove in Greenwich Village.

For more info go to: https://www.projectgrandslam.com/

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