"Jon
Cleary is the ninth wonder in the world." "Cleary can be an absolute monster on his own, but Cleary’s
full combo R&B is as broad, deep and roiling as the Mississippi
river, the combined swinging product of local keyboard tradition,
Cleary’s vocal-songwriting flair for moody Seventies soul
and the spunky-Meters roll of his Gentlemen." “I haven’t heard anybody close to having absorbed
so much funk and so many subtleties of the different genius piano
players and guitar players and rhythms of New Orleans.” Cleary plays piano as if he's revving up an engine and sings as
if a line drawing of his behatted self were next to "soul" in
Webster's. “The sexiest, most excruciatingly funky blues groove imaginable.
What a band!” “The Monster Gentlemen tighten up the rhythms and nail the
soulful harmonies behind Cleary’s dead-on piano playing… Grade
A” “Quite possibly the tightest funkiest band in a city swarming
with such superlatives” “they bring a gentlemanly, Saturday night swagger to their
well-oiled, slinky-sexy, jazz-charged, old school funk-oriented,
smooth-without-being-slick cross between The Meters/Neville Brothers,
Dr. John and Lowell George-era Little Feat.” “this self-titled disc is extraordinary in scope” “The Next New Orleans Piano ‘Professor’” “A powerhouse unit capable of laying down
sizzling in-the-pocket funk, Latin-tinged grooves, and soulful
ballads” "Simply put, this album is a delight from start to finish" |
