Hammond B3er Mike LeDonne goes to church with the baptized team of Eric Alexander/ts, Peter Bernstein/g, Joe Farnsworth/dr, Daniel Sadownick/perc, guest Vincent Herring/as and the addition of a Sunday morning mooded choir.
The entire ensemble boogaloos and the swaying “Put It Back”, and a shuffled take of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” is rolling down the aisles. LeDonne pulls the plugs before the choir joins in on upbeat “Twinkies Organ Prelude/Wonderful” and soul is put back into “soul’ music on a hand raising “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”. Without the voices, the team still sizzles, with Alexander preaching it on “Lonnie’s Lament”, Bernstein gives a recitative on “Make Someone Happy” and the rhythm team double times it on a spirit filled “Genesis”. A slam dunk in the baptism tank!