UNDERRATED: John Hollenbeck's "Songs I Like a Lot"

As plainly titled as a covers album can be, the new release from this Grammy-nominated bandleader-drummer treats the music of Queen, Imogen Heap and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001073" title="Ornette Coleman" href="/topic/entertainment/music/ornette-coleman-PECLB001073.topic">Ornette Coleman</a> with an equal, dynamic grace. A percolating "Man of Constant Sorrow" and a surprise big-band reworking of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" are rendered with enough lush invention to become something you like a lot too.

( October 8, 2009 )

As plainly titled as a covers album can be, the new release from this Grammy-nominated bandleader-drummer treats the music of Queen, Imogen Heap and Ornette Coleman with an equal, dynamic grace. A percolating "Man of Constant Sorrow" and a surprise big-band reworking of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" are rendered with enough lush invention to become something you like a lot too.

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