Drew Medlin

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Review:

This is the two hundred and thirty-second in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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Guitarist Drew Medlin, who earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of South Carolina (2016), is based in South Carolina where he has a teaching studio and plays gigs with his bands.

For his LiveStream of Nov. 4, 2020, Medlin is joined by excellent local musicians on trombone, tenor, electric bass and drums.

After their first number which is a bit reminiscent of the sound of the Crusaders, the music shifts a bit towards a more folk/pop style with the addition of a female singer who also plays guitar while the trombonist plays keyboards.

From then on the music becomes funkier while still containing jazz improvising as Medlin and his musicians (who are joined by a fine trumpeter) perform pleasing good-time groove music that includes some heated solos, most notably from the trombonist.

-Scott Yanow