Project Grand Slam, the acclaimed jazz-rock
fusion band led by bassist/composer Robert Miller, will be releasing the first
single from their upcoming full-length album, “The Queen’s Carnival”, on July
1. This single, “The Rescue”, draws from a variety of influences and highlights
Miller’s unique approach to blending jazz and rock into a totally new sound.
While mostly instrumental, the new album features a guest appearance by
vocalist Lucy Woodward on Robert’s completely reimagined cover of The Kinks’
“You Really Got Me,” and will be released on August 19 via CEN/RED
Distribution, a division of Sony Music.
“The Rescue”
features Project Grand Slam exploring an infectious funk groove, but Miller
says the song did not start off that way. “This was the final song that I wrote
for the new album,” he notes. “I started off thinking about “Crossroads” by
Cream, which is one of my all-time favorite live rock songs.” But as Miller and
the band worked on the song it morphed into a kind of James Brown style funk
meets jazz-rock fusion tune. “I’m so pleased with the way this one came out”,
adds Miller. “The Rescue” has been a fixture of recent Project Grand Slam live
shows and is already a proven crowd favorite.
Following
the successful 2015 release of their third album, “Made in New York”, which
featured the hit songs “New York City Groove” and “Fire”, Robert’s highly
acclaimed reimagined cover of Jimi Hendrix’s classic, Project Grand Slam
returns with “The Queen’s Carnival”. This exciting and fresh take on jazz-rock
fusion (Miller calls “The Queen’s Carnival” a post-fusion record) features
eleven tracks, including nine original songs by Robert and both vocal and
instrumental versions of the Kinks’ classic, “You Really Got Me.” This
continues Project Grand Slam’s tradition of reinventing popular classic rock
songs as jazz-rock fusion and featuring vocal and instrumental versions of the
cover track. “I think that people can relate to covers of popular songs, and
it’s very cool to try and reimagine them in a way that is both true to the
original but which takes the song to a whole other level”, says Robert.
Project
Grand Slam — the brainchild of bassist/leader/composer Robert Miller —
continues to create and perform their brand of jazz-rock fusion at the highest
level.
PGS’s third
album, “Made In New York”, was released in September 2015 and featured two hit
singles, “New York City Groove” (Robert’s love letter to his NYC home) and
“Fire” (Robert’s re-imagined version of the Jimi Hendrix classic). Both singles featured 2013 “The Voice”
semi-finalist Kat Robichaud on vocals. The band and Kat also filmed videos for
“Groove” and “Fire” that have been viewed over 150,000 times to date. The
reviews of the album and “Fire” were incredible, with words like “fantastic”,
“damn fine album” and “hard to resist” for the album, and “superb”,
“brilliant”, “excellent”, “stunning” and “unbelievable gem” for “Fire”.
Robert
originally formed Project Grand Slam in 2007. PGS’s first two celebrated
albums, “Play” (2008) and “Spring Dance” (2012), had two top radio singles —
“The Captain Of Her Heart” (feat. Judie Tzuke on vocals) from Play, and “Catch
You Later” from Spring Dance. The band also had a featured role in the hit
NBC-TV series “Lipstick Jungle” starring Brooke Shields and Kim Raver, with
five of the band’s tunes featured in the soundtrack.
Upcoming
Tour Dates:
July 15 @ Kirby Performing Arts Center in Wilkes-Barre,
PA
July 23 @ The Groove, NYC
August 11 @ Tin Angel in Philadelphia
August 12 @ Garcia's at The Capitol Theater in
Port Chester, NY (after YES)
August 20 @ The Groove, NYC
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