Todd Sickafoose Week & Party Tunes Tuesday ∞ Shopping For Wild Dreams Of Strong Coffee

As I was saying yesterday, Todd Sickafoose plays bass. But he also produces records. We’ll examine a few this week, including two by Jessica Lurie. Licorice & Smoke and Shop of Wild Dreams. Todd produced and played bass on both. The former sees current Wilco member Nels Cline picking tunes on guitar. Jessica Lurie is a wind player: sax, flute, clarinet, etc. She also sings and squeezes the accordion. Much like Todd’s other work, these albums are steeped in jazz but also bends genre...

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