Music / blues

Jumpin' & boppin'


Reviews (2)


Elmore magazine

d. 6. June 2016

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Jim Hynes

d. 6. June 2016

"Wayne is like a modern day version of Fats Domino, with his colorful suits, big smile and piano chops. This cat can pound those keys as evidenced by Living Blues magazine awarding him the 2015 Most Outstanding Musician on keyboards. As the title suggests, this is joyous music that puts a contemporary spin on those classic styles that now go back sixty or seventy years".


Living blues

2016 August

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Robert H. Cataliotti

2016 August

"Jumpin' & Boppin' [...] pays homage to the late 1940s/early 1950s originators of rhythm and blues [...] which, of course, means that this is good-time music. Twelve of the tracks are Wayne's original compositions, and they testify to how adept he has become in the jump blues idiom ... Along with Wayne's outstanding piano work and good-humored, soulful vocals, the sessions benefit from first-rate contributions ... ".