NO STRAIN 10/08/2013 Perhaps best known as one

Perhaps best known as one third of innovative Los Angeles musical collective Sa Ra Creative Partners

" Coltrane was also balancing playing "pretty" with the energized

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and opens his work to a new generation of listeners while giving older ones a righteous jolt

From the seductive "You Make Love Like Springtime" and the sweaty "First Class Love" to the moving title song

NO STRAIN 10/08/2013 Perhaps best known as oneCut from the same 1960 sessions as Slim's equally fine Just Blues album, No Strain finds the pianist and singer effortlessly working through another set of solo piano and combo pieces. Backed by either harmonica player "Harpie" Brown or the tandem of guitarist Lafayette Thomas and bassist Wendell Marshall, Slim turns in a highly enjoyable set of seasoned performances. Both at the keyboard and the mic, alone or with company, Slim shows why he was one