Jason Moran Same Mother CD

The band's leader, singer and guitarist Brian "Big B" Burleson, sums up their appeal this way: "We're a bunch of fun, down-to-earth cats who enjoy each other's company--and that's increasingly rare where flaky musician egos are concerned. We also have this mutual need, this itch, for being fulfilled as often as possible by playing music. There's not a guy in this band who doesn't live for the sheer enjoyment of expressing themselves through their instrument, and that only feels good when you're doing it well, at a level you've practiced hard at for years to make look and feel easy, the same way your idols and influences inspired you. Add to that this very honest, creative, emotional approach we have and it translates into some consistently genuine moments, moments that people enjoy as much or more than we do. We're proud of that."Besides Big B (himself a nominee for three consecutive Detroit Music Awards as an Outstanding Instrumentalist), the band features vocalist and harmonica player Jezter (frontman for the Detroit rock bands Soot and Social Fever in addition to his work with Big B, all of which have earned him several recent nominations and an award as an Outstanding Vocalist), keyboardist Chuck Vermeulen (session veteran and member of the Detroit bands Rib and Moon Madness), bassist Doug Hise (a well-respected player and the producer/engineer/owner of Hise Sound Labs in Warren, Michigan), drummer Erin Pitman (a diversely talented stick man, formerly of the Detroit bands The Suicide Machines and Hemigod) and lastly the band's most recent coup, sax player Dave Daniele (also an awards nominee as a solo artist, instrumentalist and songwriter with his band The Sax Maniacs--a truly great player with a well-known reputation and history in the Detroit music scene). ...