Too Jazzy? by Roger Stevens

Too jazzy? Or maybe not jazzy enough? Who knows what genre this music belongs to! It evolved from the success of my two live albums, A Bit Like Jazz and A Bit More Like Jazz. I decided to move back into the studio for my third jazz-inspired offering, wanting to spend time producing a more considered recording. I wrote a batch of tunes and Ali and I recorded the basic tracks. Jazz supremos Charlotte Glasson and Tom Bailey added some excellent sax, flute and bass. It was sounding good but needed a little extra something. After some experimenting, I hit upon the notion of adding some Hammond-style organ and the music immediately took off, maybe because the organ setting I used was left over from my spell in a Deep Purple tribute band in the late 1990s! We decided to rock up the drums a touch and tweak a few things, as you do. We all agreed that we had eventually landed somewhere between genres: jazz rock, prog blues fusion, rhythm and jazz! Whatever it is, I’m pleased with it and I hope you like it too.

After a long and varied career in music, from comedy rock via a Deep Purple tribute band and a covers band with author Ken Follett and the legendary Floella Benjamin, Roger now performs his own songs in acoustic venues and occasionally dips his toe in the strange waters of experimental sounds and jazz.
Roger brings to his songs thoughtful lyrics, good melodies and more than a dash of humour.

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