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About All Kooked Out
Amazon.com New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore can be found providing the backbeat for the groovy Galactic or the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars. While much has been made of Moore's ability to lay down the funk, All Kooked Out! also touches New Orleans second-line marches and a bit of postbop. Moore is mostly joined by guitarist Charlie Hunter and saxophonist Skerik (Tuatara, Critters Buggin') for a groovy studio session that leaves plenty of room for each to shine. Hunter and his eight-string guitar in particular step to the forefront--playing heads and laying a nice melodic veneer over the syncopated rhythms. When it's time to tear the roof off, Moore brings in extra New Orleans-style horns, giving some songs a good-time Dirty Dozen Brass Band feel. Nicely paced, varied, and played, All Kooked Out! is a fine debut by Moore, a gifted musician with a flair for strong, syncopated beats. --Tad Hendrickson Product Description serious New Orleans funk w. jazz chops & a bad attitude from the drummer for the group Galactic, feat. Charlie Hunter-gtr, Skerik-sax, Michael Ray (Sun Ra), recorded completely live in the studio w. no overdubs; album is also a CD-ROM containing videos, audio cuts, interviews & photos Review " All Kooked Out can knock you down, scratching your head at the raw talent of the players, then make you want to jump up and dance -- cerebral then physical, on progressive tracks. -- Alex Oliver, Offbeat Magazine " among the year's finer jazz releases " -- All About Jazz " one of those exclusive class of skinsmen who can alter your posture with one well-timed stroke on the snare. " -- Jazz Times About the Artist " When I used to go to Mardi Gras parades with my parents, the first thing you'd hear coming down the street was the drums. I would get so excited. I think that funk music just gives you that same feel, that rhythmic feel that makes you go 'Oh, yeah, man, here it comes!' " (Stanton Moore, reprinted from Offbeat Magazine) Stanton Moore is a drummer in the best tradition of his native New Orleans. For several years, Stanton's full-time occupation (does 24 hours a day count as full time?) has been as a founding member of Galactic. Their grueling, nonstop tour schedule has helped earn the band a huge following nationwide (not to mention a contract with Capricorn/Mercury!), and has established Stanton a serious reputation as a funk drummer. Still, those who have seen Stanton in the many bands he's played in (including the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars) or sat in with (including George Porter and Widespread Panic) know that there's more to the story. (He was one of the few musicians selected for the New Orleans Gambit's "40 Under 40" - an annual list of the city's 40 "best and brightest" citizens - and in a city dominated by music that's saying something!) This is clearly addressed with the release of Stanton's solo album All Kooked Out! on Fog City Records. Taking a break from the "steamroller funk" of Galactic, Stanton enlisted the aid of some musicians who had fallen prey to his infections enthusiasm - including Charlie Hunter, Skerik, and a small cast of New Orleans funk/jazz heavyweights. While the end results include some serious funk bombs, what makes this solo project so special is that Stanton can now be more widely known as more than simply a funk drummer, and as far more than just a "loop player" (the modern kind of drummer who has overdosed on sampled, looped drums and has lost the connection to the source of those samples). Stanton shows his unique ability to play with an understanding and respect for the traditions that have come before him (and in New Orleans those rivers run deep!), but to also lend a sense of humor, enthusiasm, and deep funkiness to almost any groove. Stanton Moore Charlie Hunter Skerik Ben Ellman
