"Still Waiting," Currently being promoted by HIP Video

The five members of the San Diego soul-jazz band exude personality: each musician brings a distinct style and character to the collective. What Happened To Television?, the group’s latest release, is the Allstars’ first set of new material in a decade, but that doesn’t mean the members haven’t been busy. DJ Greyboy has continued to release records under his own name; charismatic sax man and founding member Karl Denson has fronted several bands of his own; electrifying B-3 organist Robert Walter has toured with (among many others) Fred Wesley, Steve Kimock, and Phil Upchurch. What Happened To Television? – and the tour that followed its celebrated release – brings back the original Greyboy Allstars lineup that helped spark the soul-jazz renaissance of the mid-Nineties. The five instrumentalists were pretty stunning back then; now, with ten years’ further experience in cross-pollinating American musical styles, they’re absolutely unstoppable.

The hip-shaking “Still Waiting” may just be the most irresistible thing they’ve ever recorded. Beginning with a scratchy guitar riff and a spare, funky drumbeat, it soon explodes into a groove altogether worthy of the Meters. (The track even opens with a Neville-style scream!) In classic New Orleans style, the cut is punctuated by thrilling saxophone and Hammond organ rides, but it’s the emotive, soulful lead vocal that makes “Still Waiting” so undeniable. As always, all five Greyboy Allstars turn in remarkable instrumental performances: rarely has a band this tight ever sounded so relaxed and cool.

More Greyboy Allstars:

Official Site

MySpace