Originally jamming with Hammond organ man Tim Alexander and drummer Todd Soesbe obstensibly because he wanted to improve his guitar playing, this project seems to have eclipsed his original hopes as Heat's stretching into new musical directions has led to quite a fantastic disc. Ranging from movie themes like "A Shot in the Dark," "Hang 'Em High," and the "James Bond Theme" to classic blues workouts like "Night Train," and "I Got a Woman" to jazz standards such as Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues," Roland Kirk's "Black and Crazy Blues", to '60's soul chestnuts "Groovin'," and "Time Is Tight" this album is one great surprise after another.
While raw power was the best thing about Heat's earlier discs, this CD is all about the interplay between Heath and Alexander, which is quite fantastic and hearkens back to the work of jazz guitarist Grant Green when he played with organist Big John Patton.
Those who love groove jazz from the '60's or are just fans of the Hammond B-3 organ sound will love this album as the sound is very true to the classic Blue Note organ trio records. In fact, if you close your eyes and just listen intently to the music, you will think you have just gotten back from buying a record by one of the great jazz trios of the '60's. While Heat's psychobilly work has always been great I hope Heat continues in this direction for awhile as I'd love to hear some more great stuff from this trio.
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