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This is Mick’s 15th blues album and it’s just all kinds of excellent. Previous records have included a few sub-genres but for the appropriately titled All Kinds Of Blues his intention was to include as many varieties as he could, resulting in one of his most satisfying discs ever.
All Kinds Of Blues swings as it wanders from genre to genre under the blues umbrella. Kolassa is a good singer and fine player, but his sense of humor as a lyricist is to be noted too. This album includes his first song about AI love in Amy Iodine complete with spacy keyboard noises and the sound of an old dial up modem to get the point across. Too Old To Die Young is about coming to terms with aging, and You Bumped Me Again is a funky number about repeated rejection.
All Kinds Of Blues was smartly produced by Jeff Jensen, displaying Kolassa’s love of the blues in all of its styles. It’s got that swing and some jazzy arrangements here too, with funk and soul thrown in for good measure. I have 12 of his albums, and to my ears this is the best one yet. ~ By John Kereiff Features – Music Reviews & Get Off My Lawn!
