Swing Shift by Doug Webb

Saxophonist Doug Webb gets back to work on his 2011 release "Swing Shift." With a program of originals and a few familiar melodies, the album also showcases strong showings by bassist extraordinaire Stanley Clarke and drummer Gerry Gibbs, who really keep the session in the pocket. Avid listeners will certainly agree that the album really cooks and is a hard hitting performance that should encourage jazz enthusiasts to hit the "Swing Shift" again and again with amazement and delight.

From the artist:
Swing Shift represents the third record from one fruitful day of recording, in which I gathered the great Stanley Clarke and Gerry Gibbs together and had three different piano players stop by for a few hours each. My goal for the day was to capture the feeling of musicians playing together, relating, and reacting to each other; just playing music we love. We played almost forty songs that day, and we did no overdubs, edits, or fadeouts. In fact, there were very few second takes. A special thanks to all of the musicians, engineers and guys at Posi-Tone for making these records possible. Doug Webb, 2011

Doug Webb continues to be the go-to saxophonist on the Los Angeles film and television scene with over 30 years in the business, and over 500 recordings. In the last decade, Webb has also been focusing on his own work as a bandleader and jazz musician, releasing several critically acclaimed records.