Uptown Horns Revue - Uptown Horns Revue (Feat. Special Guests) (1994)

Throughout their 30 years together as session/touring pros, the Uptown Horns have always maintained their stellar band The Uptown Horns Revue, worked on their original songs, and performed regularly at East Coast clubs, often featuring guest stars like Willy DeVille, Peter Wolf, Catherine Russell, Joe Louis Walker, Southside Johnny, Debbie Davies, and Johnny Copeland. This album, also titled "The Uptown Horns Revue", is the culmination of those years, and includes a stellar cast of friends-of-the-Horns that include Keith Richards, Peter Wolf, and the late great Albert Collins - performing on a bracing blast of rhythm & blues. The Uptown Horns - saxists Crispin Cioe & Arno Hecht, trombonist Bob Funk & trumpeter Larry Etkin (who replaced Paul Litteral in 1991) formed in NYC in 1980, hosting a weekly gig/jam session at Tramp's nightclub. Within a year, "The Uptown Horns Party" was attracting large crowds, as guest jammers included Elvis Costello, Dr. John, David Johansen, Solomon Burke, Rufus Thomas, Wilson Pickett, The Neville Brothers, and many others.