Derek Trucks Band "Soul Serenade"

[undergroundagent]

I was listening to this one in the car on the way home from work today, and it's a really nice disc! Lots of great chops, and it also had a very jazzy feel to it. Very much soul-jazz(ish).

Any comments?

[Joe G]

I'm waiting for it to show up at BMG. I picked up Joyful Noise after seeing Derek with the Allman Bros. last summer (and being very impressed). I thought it was okay, but not as powerful as what I heard at the concert. JN is very eclectic, and I've heard that the new one is more unified. True?

[BFrank]

It IS on BMG. I listened to some samples the other day.

I've heard a lot about him. Pretty interesting - he does jazz tunes. "Afro Blue", "Oriental Folk Song" and a tune called "Elvin" to name a few.

[undergroundagent]

Alot of the tracks are very much the vein of soul jazz with organ.

I would heartily recommend it as I was truly impressed.

[Sundog]

The Derek Trucks Band is a very, very interesting band. Derek trucks is a "jazzman" in a "jamband". Highly recommended!

[WD45]

I was listening to this again myself. I have beena fan of Derek since all of the buzz surrounding his first release, and he has grown a great deal since then.

Soul Serenade was actually recorded before Joyful Noise, and released after. I like this album much more, and I hope this is a vein he continues to explore.

There is a nifty interview on the NPR website with him where he talks about the urgency in Trane's music, and then plays a riff from A Love Supreme.

His timing is impeccable, and his tastefulness is beyond repraoch. It sounds as if he has many more years in his fingers than he actually does.

[chris olivarez]

Derek Trucks came up about the same time as Kenny Wayne Shepard and Jonny Lang and is easily the best of the three. Trucks is a brilliant young player with unlimited potential. It will be very interesting to see what he does in the future.