Following up on his critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning album GoGo Juice, Jon Cleary triumphantly returns with the infectiously ebullient Dyna-Mite (FHQ Records). Sly, slinky, and deeply soulful, the aptly entitled new release finds this Big Easy funk savant – a virtuosic keyboardist, profoundly expressive vocalist, and quite distinctive songwriter – in peak form on a set of all-original material. Like GoGo Juice, Dyna-Mite was co-produced by Cleary and the prolific John Porter, whose eclectic, behind-the-board credits include albums by Ryan Adams, Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, R.L. Burnside, Taj Mahal, and the late Hammond B-3 master Jimmy Smith.

 

Other JAS Cafe Performances

August 3-4 Shelly Berg Trio w/ vocalists Niki Haris & Billy Valentine

August 8 Arturo Sandavol

August 9 Veronica Swift with the Emmet Cohen Trio

August 16 Catherine Russell

August 17 Christian McBride & Inside Straight

August 18 Jas Academy Big Band directed by Christian McBride