We are following a trail of harmonies that leads us into a treacherously calculated patchwork of jazz, R&B, pop and old school rock n’ roll as we descend upon the first couple of tracks on the new record PGS 7 by Project Grand Slam. The grooves are big, bold and outfitted with a flamboyantly bright […]
A cheering audience and six clicks of the drumsticks are all it takes to light the fuse on “You Started Something,” which acts as our foray into the brand new live album Greetings from Serbia from Project Grand Slam. A brooding bass gives birth to the rhythm as Ziarra Washington conducts the verses with a sizzling jazz […]
Of all the fusions and crossover styles that I’ve been subjected to sampling this year, none of them have caught my attention more than what’s going on with R&B lately. Not only is R&B absorbing more of rock n’ roll’s bravado and pomp, but it’s starting to adopt jazz artists under its previously limited umbrella […]
Project Grand Slam is definitely something that I have never experienced before. Had I not known that it is this artists name, I may have thought that we were talking about something completely different. After looking at the artist bio, however, it seems to me that this is a “supergroup” of sorts. Having just put […]
