Pony Poindexter was a sporadically recorded bop saxophonist who played on sessions by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross as well as Wes Montgomery; his long unavailable 1962 debut as a leader, originally on Epic, finally was reissued as a Koch CD in 2001. With arrangements by Gene Kee, Poindexter leads several all-star ensembles, which include Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sonny Red, Eric Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Heath, Sal Nistico, Billy Mitchell,...   [ read more ]

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The concept of funky Germans may still raise sniggers in some corners, but after decades of state of the art electronic beats and moves, the dead horse is not merely well-beaten but turned into glue. So it's no surprise that the country would have produced its own kind of neo-'70s lounge beat sass -- if the Beastie Boys (and, less flatteringly, the Fun Lovin' Criminals) can do it, why not three guys based out of Hamburg? The key difference is how downright sweet International Pony sounds a lot ...   [ read more ]

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