The Chace!
Album
Album information
| Performer | Masa Orpana Honk |
| Released | 2023 |
| Type | CD |
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| Label | Alba Records |
Biography
On Masa Orpana's Honk band's album The Chase! energetic rhythm and blues meets jazz influences.
The Chase! CD contains songs previously only released in digital distribution as well as previously unreleased music recorded at the concert.
A significant part of the album's songs are instrumentals composed by Masa Orpana. Stylistically, they are inspired by a wide spectrum of African-American roots music: New Orleans rhythm and blues, Chicago and Texas blues, west coast jazz-influenced, swinging jump blues, gospel, soul and funk.
In addition to Orpana's instrumentals, The Chase! includes the band's guitarist Johnny Gideon (aka Jonni Seppälä)'s song Looking for My Baby, rocking in the spirit of traditional rhythm and blues, as well as a few classics of the genre arranged by Honk. The songs feature Seppälä's pleasantly relaxed, swinging vocals and strong and surprising guitar playing. The phonists' solos also go wild.
Tracklist
- The BigB(Orpana)
- Cross-Eyed Suzie Lee(Josea, Smith)
- Shakin' at the Southpark(Orpana)
- Crazy Mama(Cale)
- Slower Slower(Orpana)
- I'm a Lonely Man(Milton, Lyons)
- Chasin' up(Orpana)
- Looking for my Baby(Seppälä, Seppälä, Orpana)
- Ratzo(Orpana)