★★★★★
DOUBLE TAKE is a contemporary jazz CD featuring the piano stylings of Joe McBride, plus he does singing that is literate, pleasurable, and articulate. Featuring songs written by McBride, this is an exceedingly well-produced CD that is flawless in presentation and performances! 10 selections are on the CD, including "Midnight in Madrid," "In The Moonlight," "Taste of Jazz," "Here For You," "Chicken Joe," among others. Each song is well performed. The CD has many guest musicians...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Track Listing: Crazy; 1000 Miles; The Scientist; Word Up; It's Over Now; This Is Howa Heart Breaks; Kiss From a Rose; Like a Star; Secret Rendezvous; IDon't Wanna Be; Say; Lookin' for a Change. Personnel: Joe McBride: piano, vocals; Elijah Gilmore: drums; Roger Hines: uprightbass; Dan Wilson: guitar...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Pianist Joe McBride, who debuted in 1992 with Grace, has consistently produced lively and jazzy instrumentals and vocals throughout his four CDs. He has also secured the help of top musicians to add their distinctive touches to his music, artists including Grover Washington Jr., Dave Koz, Peter White, Rick Braun and Larry Carlton...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Joe McBride went looking for a change, found it, and listeners will be rewarded with a treat unlike anything the veteran pianist has done before. McBride is no slouch on vocals, but he is, after all, primarily a purveyor of acoustic contemporary jazz. Here, however, McBride sings and scats on all 12 songs. There are three originals—all good, especially "Secret Rendezvous"—but the rest are culled from a wide variety of pop and R&B; entries, most well known and given a c-jazz styling...
- www.jazztimes.com
2009-11-06
★★★★★
It has been three years since keyboardist extraordinaire Joe McBride recorded his last CD, but as recently as September 2005, Joe has since returned with a brand new release entitled Texas Hold 'Em on the Heads Up International Record Label. By and large, this latest effort may well be his most prolific recording to date...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
This is the kind of music designed to make you tap your feet and features some hot playing by McBride and his ace band, the Texas Rhythm Kings. McBride clearly is having a lot of fun here and the proof is the somewhat odd inclusion of the classic FM radio stoner hit, "In A Garden of Eden," by Iron Butterfly...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
Joe McBride describes his new band and disc by saying "The jazz here is influenced by the blues in Chicago as well as rich zydeco heritage of New Orleans. Then there's the southern funk and gospel." Releasing the new album titled Texas Hold 'Em for Headsup International, McBride on piano and keyboards, vocals and beat box has given us a card playing' theme that shuffles along rather nice...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Joe McBride and his band, The Texas Rhythm Club Band, have released a surefire winner for jazz listeners in the CD titled "Texas Rhythm Club." Joe McBride, born in Fulton, Missouri, at age 37 has created some impressive and enduring jazz piano music. This new release should find even more fans for this great pianist! There is a happiness and joy about Joe McBride's piano playing that picks the listeners up and takes them along on a great adventure of song stylings...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-07
★★★★★
Liner notes and other promotional material to the contrary, when it's all said and done (and heard), this is an album of smooth jazz. There's the never changing, unrelenting rhythmic patterns laid down by the drums playing around keyboards and electronic gizmos. Like rock players everywhere, these guys grab a hold of a couple of chords and never let go like on "Lone Star Boogie". The result is that matters get very boring, very quickly...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
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