Dean Reichert

Dean Reichert
Mysty's Joint
NHM Records – NHM494401
2005
(54'37")

Blessed with a beautiful voice, Dean Reichert, a gifted guitarist in the George Benson style, took an ounce of blues, a pinch of jazz, a zest of soul, a little R&B and a big fat dose of funk, mixed it all while adding some blasting horns here, some grooving drums there, held the whole thing with a refreshing set of bass lines and percussive keyboards in a first CD that, instead of sounding like one of a beginner resulted in a true masterpiece. This multi-instrumentist (he plays guitar on all cuts, but also drums or bass on different songs) produced the album himself with a "know how" that is a pleasure to hear. Mind you, the man is no new comer. The number of well known artists he worked with in different music genres, as a sideman or as a leader, producer or sound engeneer, would be too long to list here. What needs to be told is this CD is highly recommended to whom ever is not a member of the blues police. For Dean needs more than 3 chords and 12 bars to express his artistry. Oh, yes, the man knows his blues, and he proves it with his posts on the Blindman's Blues Forum as well as Let The Groove, cut # 7 on the CD, a wonderful shuffle, or the next one Bad Day, a slow blues with a churchy flavour. But Dean's own ground is made of well constructed guitar solos, powerful soul singing, and funky groove inherited from the black community. Find out by yourself, visit his website at http://www.deanreichert.com or his CD Baby page http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/reichert.
René Malines