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Music Review: East Coast Funk
By Kevin R. Convey
Boston Herald
Friday, August 22, 2003
Boston Horns
East Coast Funk
"Reconstituting the funky fire of the late Heavy Metal Horns and dumping the pop aspirations that
ultimately silenced the band, the Boston Horns go back to the future on `East Coast Funk.`
Trumpeter Garret Savluk and saxophonist Henley Douglas, both founding HMH members, front a band
that rides in the pocket alongside such new-jack acid-jazzers as Karl Denson, Galactic and their brassy
brethren. But the roots of the Boston Horns go back to the soul-jazz of the late '60s and the proto-funk of
the Crusaders, Tower of Power and Melvin Sparks, whose exquisitely greasy lines grace some of `East
Coast Funk.`
But those roots fail to still the band's happy feet, which traverse bop, New Orleans second-line rhythms,
Sly Stone funk and even a taste of the Tijuana Brass on `Jackie's Song.`"
By Kevin R. Convey
Boston Herald
Friday, August 22, 2003
Boston Horns
East Coast Funk
"Reconstituting the funky fire of the late Heavy Metal Horns and dumping the pop aspirations that
ultimately silenced the band, the Boston Horns go back to the future on `East Coast Funk.`
Trumpeter Garret Savluk and saxophonist Henley Douglas, both founding HMH members, front a band
that rides in the pocket alongside such new-jack acid-jazzers as Karl Denson, Galactic and their brassy
brethren. But the roots of the Boston Horns go back to the soul-jazz of the late '60s and the proto-funk of
the Crusaders, Tower of Power and Melvin Sparks, whose exquisitely greasy lines grace some of `East
Coast Funk.`
But those roots fail to still the band's happy feet, which traverse bop, New Orleans second-line rhythms,
Sly Stone funk and even a taste of the Tijuana Brass on `Jackie's Song.`"
