Dukes of September Rhythm Revue
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The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue is a supergroup
formed in 2010 featuring Donald Fagen
, Michael McDonald
and Boz Scaggs
. The project is a resurrection of the previous New York Rock and Soul Revue
which featured the same three musicians and played a combination of hits from the members respective careers as well as a wide variety of covers.
, singing and playing keyboards on a lot of their material. The two worked together again during the early 1990s in the short lived New York Rock and Soul Revue
which also included Boz Scaggs
, Phoebe Snow
, Eddie Brigati
, David Brigati, Charles Brown
, Walter Becker
, Cornelius Bumpus
and Mindy Jostyn.
(guitar), Freddie Washington
(bass), Michael White (drums), Jim Beard
(organ), Jay Collins (horns), Michael Leonhart
(horns), Walt Weiskopf (horns), Carolyn Escoffery (vocals) and Catherine Russell
(vocals).
The tour kicked off on August 19, 2010 in Danbury, Connecticut
. The band played a collection of hits from the members' careers as well as a wide variety of covers, notably three Band
covers in a row.
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
formed in 2010 featuring Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen
Donald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
, Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
and Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...
. The project is a resurrection of the previous New York Rock and Soul Revue
New York Rock and Soul Revue
The New York Rock and Soul Revue was a musical project which evolved from a series of concerts and musical shows produced by Libby Titus that lasted from 1989 to 1993...
which featured the same three musicians and played a combination of hits from the members respective careers as well as a wide variety of covers.
Background
Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald began working together in the mid-1970s when McDonald would collaborate with Steely DanSteely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
, singing and playing keyboards on a lot of their material. The two worked together again during the early 1990s in the short lived New York Rock and Soul Revue
New York Rock and Soul Revue
The New York Rock and Soul Revue was a musical project which evolved from a series of concerts and musical shows produced by Libby Titus that lasted from 1989 to 1993...
which also included Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...
, Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow was a fictional character created by Earnest Elmo Calkins to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The advertising campaign, based on a live model, using impressionistic techniques and a fictional character, was one of the first of its kind.-The advertising...
, Eddie Brigati
Eddie Brigati
Eddie Brigati is an American singer and songwriter.Most memorably, Brigati shared vocals, and played tambourine, in the pop group The Young Rascals from 1965 to 1970...
, David Brigati, Charles Brown
Charles Brown (musician)
Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
, Walter Becker
Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writer of Steely Dan.-Career:...
, Cornelius Bumpus
Cornelius Bumpus
Cornelius Bumpus was an American woodwind, keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.He began his career playing alto saxophone at ten for the school band and by 12 was playing at Luso-American dances...
and Mindy Jostyn.
Dukes of September Rhythm Revue
In 2010 it was announced that Fagen, McDonald and Scaggs would do a fall tour together as the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. The band is rounded out by Jon HeringtonJon Herington
Jon Herington is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer, most known for being a session musician. Currently, he is known for being Steely Dan's lead guitarist...
(guitar), Freddie Washington
Freddie Washington (bassist)
"Ready" Freddie Washington is an American session bassist who has played with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Aaron Neville, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, B.B...
(bass), Michael White (drums), Jim Beard
Jim Beard
James Arthur Beard is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist, contemporary instrumental composer, arranger and record producer.- Life and career :...
(organ), Jay Collins (horns), Michael Leonhart
Michael Leonhart
Michael Leonhart is a noted trumpet player, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and singer-songwriter. He has performed with such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Yoko Ono, Bobby McFerrin, and Mos Def....
(horns), Walt Weiskopf (horns), Carolyn Escoffery (vocals) and Catherine Russell
Catherine Russell (singer)
Catherine Russell is a contemporary jazz and blues vocalist.Her father, the late Luis Russell, was Louis Armstrong's long-time musical director, and her mother, Carline Ray, holds degrees from both Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music.- Discography :...
(vocals).
The tour kicked off on August 19, 2010 in Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It had population at the 2010 census of 80,893. Danbury is the fourth largest city in Fairfield County and is the seventh largest city in Connecticut....
. The band played a collection of hits from the members' careers as well as a wide variety of covers, notably three Band
The Band
The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
covers in a row.