★★★★★
As studio recordings go, A Day in Nashville qualifies as a drive-by: one session, nine songs, no over-thinking, no needless tinkering. Judging from the results, guitarist Robben Ford and his band should make haste more often. Apparently, after the veteran guitarist ditched plans for a European tour album, he decided to record his band at Nashville's Sound Kitchen--live and with a minimum of fuss...
- jazztimes.com
2014-05-24
★★★★★
There's a lot to like about this rootsy excursion. First off, the lineup assembled by Robben Ford, the veteran, Grammy-winning guitarist, is top drawer, with trombonist Stephen Baxter, organist Larry Goldings, bassist David Piltch and drummer Harvey Mason. Add to that some smart tune choices, material by the likes of Allen Toussaint, Earl King, Johnny Fuller and Big Joe Williams...
- jazztimes.com
2013-04-27
★★★★★
1/2 Robben Ford is, of couse, a miraculously fluent guitarist, and an intelligent musician to boot. He's no great shakes as a singer but possesses a sense of humor and, on Soul on Ten, a real feel for blues. He's in the tradition of great players with somewhat limited vocal skills -- Hendrix and Elmore James come to mind. Yet he makes it all work. Soul on Ten conflates James with Jimmy Reed and recalls all the great '60s heavy blues guitarists Ford heard as he was growing up...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Californian Robben Ford is not necessarily a blues guitarist. His real arrival came with the jazz-fusing Yellowjackets in the late 1970s, but Ford had also been consistently playing with artists from all manner of musical zones, notably including George Harrison, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joni Mitchell and Miles Davis. Nevertheless, the blues is still at the heart of his style, even though Ford is one of its funkiest, jazziest practitioners...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental composer and songwriter...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Supernatural; Indianola; There'll Never Be Another You; Spoonful; Nothin' to Nobody; Please Set a Date/You Don't Have to Go; Earthquake; How Deep in the Blues (Do You Want to Go); Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Thoughtless. Personnel: Robben Ford: guitar, vocals; Neal Evans: B-3 organ (1-9); Travis Carlton: bass (1-9); Toss Panos: drums; Larry Goldings: B-3 organ (10); Jon Button: bass (10); Karl Denson: saxophone (9)...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Sound: Robben Ford pretty much fits straight into the genre of electric blues. It doesn't get much more straightforward than that. There are no unexpected twists in this album, which is both good and bad; good in the sense if you're looking for that kind of music, and bad in that it offers no variety whatsoever throughout the whole album. Upon listening, I could have sworn that I heard the same song three or four times. But, as far as listening goes, it's not the greatest album...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
A renowned electric guitarist (Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Bonnie Rait) with a solo career as prolific as his plucking, Robben Ford releases his 19th (yes, 19th) album. Truth sees the Californian native; born in 1951, celebrate his passion for blues in an upbeat manner, atypical to the melancholy genre. Don't fret if you're into mournful camaraderie though; many of Ford's songs still cover heart-wrenching, woe-is-me topics, synonymous with the blues...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Now this will open your eyes. Before he joined the Yellowjackets, Robben Ford was a blistering bluesman, with a tangy rock-inspired tone. Herein are three club dates, including a set with Jimmy Witherspoon. The band does simple boogie riffs but not Robben: he'll march with a crunchy distortion, slide greasy steps, or float like Kenny Burrell. Best are his vocals: no affected voice or rock-star posing -- he sings it plain, and means every word...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
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