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Title - Carefree Revisted
Artist - Dr. Dave & The Housecall Band

In truth, one could debate whether to call it a do-over or a mulligan, but contemporary jazz guitarist Dr. Dave simply calls it a revisit.

The musician took his 2014 album, Carefree, and added his HouseCall Band to the tracks to reimagine the collection, which drops March 4th, 2022 on Hatherill Records.

Dr. Dave felt that Carefree was missing something although he couldn’t quite put his finger on what that was until he recorded Midnight Daydream as a group project in 2018.

Forming The HouseCall Band and adding the gifted ensemble’s unique skillsets and creative contributions to illumine the tracks, eight singles were successfully issued from Midnight Daydream.

“For the first time in my career, there was a newness and excitement that paved the way for me to further develop the concept of The HouseCall Band,” Dr. Dave explains.

“It dawned on me that it was that dynamic full-band vibe that was missing from Carefree – especially that full-bodied horn section energy. By altering the arrangements - some subtly, some more dramatically, we added the vibrant HouseCall Band aesthetic to the mix,” he adds.

There are other noticeable changes and additions. Added to the song list is a version of the Dave Brubeck classic Take Five, which on Carefree Revisited takes on late-night nuances etched by Dr. Dave’s cool-toned electric jazz guitar and is graced by Derek Cannon’s muted trumpet and sultry vocal embellishments from Stellita Porter and Jackie Bonaparte.

Another revision was adding Ignacio “Nacho” Sobres’s vocal improvs and scats to a fun reggae-jazz version of Don’t Worry Be Happy.

Realizing the firepower that he now had on call, Dr. Dave asked the band’s sax and flute player, John Rekevics, to craft fresh horn arrangements for the material that first appeared on Carefree.

“John added some amazing flute parts that didn’t exist before, which help further define the songs and enhance my guitar solos. He did an incredible job texturing the tracks with his alto, soprano, baritone and tenor sax,” Dave reveals.

1. Carefree
2. Almost Trinidad
3. Come Together
4. ‘C’ Jam Blues
5. Late Night with Dr. Dave
6. G.B. Style
7. Sylvia
8. Heck No!
9. Feels So Good
10. Take Five
11. Don’t Worry Be Happy

On this quite vibrantly heartfelt revisit of an old friend, Dr. Dave (who also served as the project’s producer and is co-writer of five songs on the album) opens the 11 tracks with the melodically free flowing title track itself Carefree and follows that up neatly with a little Caribbean hipsway embedded within Almost Trinidad, a studious take on the Beatles’ Come Together and then we get both the funky ‘C’ Jam Blues and the gently fervent ambiance of Late Night with Dr. Dave.

Up next is the laid back, smooth G.B. Style and the harmonious Sylvia and those are in turn backed by the low down, foot-tapping funk lines of one of my own personal favorites from this collection Heck No!, and then we get the reverberating summer’s breeze of Feels So Good, the album rounding out on the jam-esque Take Five, coming to a close on the Bobby McFerrin classic Don’t Worry Be Happy.

The HouseCall Band is a collective comprised of bassist Cecil McBee Jr., keyboardists Kevin Flournoy, Larry Logan and Rob Whitlock; drummers Ronnie Stewart and Duncan Moore; percussionist Tony Aros, marimba player Bill Harris, and rhythm guitarists Hank Easton and Steve Wilcox along with the aforementioned Rekevics, Cannon, Porter, Bonaparte and Sobres.

Dr. Dave released his debut album, I Like It Like That, in 1994, which was produced by Carl Evans Jr. and featured the keyboardist’s band, Fattburger. Evans Jr. mentored Dr. Dave, teaching the guitarist how to produce records.

Honing his sound through the years while steadily assembling his own nine-album catalogue as a solo artist and/or band leader, Dr. Dave has recorded with jazz stalwarts Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts, Ronnie Laws and Hubert Laws. He’s also opened concerts for Stanley Turrentine, Buddy Guy and Marion Meadows.

According to Dr. Dave, the events of the last couple of years played a role in the timing of Carefree Revisited.

“Looking at what’s happened in the world these past two years, perhaps there was a reason I waited to revisit Carefree until now. Life is more stressful than ever, and the music on the album is my contribution to alleviating it for a little while for those who listen,” Dave says.

“Specifically, Carefree Revisited is about making music people can enjoy as a way to get away from their troubles – and finally producing it the way it was always meant to be done.”

Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Dr. Dave [Official Original Music Video]

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