What It Is Rob Ickes
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- Release Date: 02/05/2002
- Sales Rank: 110,899
- Label: ROUNDER / UMGD
- UPC: 011661049222
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What It Is
| 1 | Mr. Goodbar |
| 2 | Scheerhorn Shuffle |
| 3 | Self Portrait |
| 4 | Stanford and Son |
| 5 | I'll Take Les |
| 6 | Killeen |
| 7 | Juke Joint |
| 8 | Blues for Sammy |
| 9 | When We Were Leaving |
| 10 | Union Pacific |
| 11 | 50 Years Ago |
Editorial Reviews
As in 1999's Slide City, Rob Ickes again combines jazz and swing stylings with the more countrified leanings of the dobro. The results are mixed and, at times, meld into a too-smooth combo resembling light jazz. What It Is works best when Ickes loosens up a bit around the instrument's natural inclinations: the way he works the melody on "Killeen," which was inspired by the Texan town, seems to point toward a more string-based effort; a cover of Marc Johnson's "Union Pacific" further iterates Ickes' simpler but no less enjoyable leanings; and "Blues for Sammy," which was written in response to Charlie Parker's Savoy sessions, allows him to stretch out his abilities as a great technician of the instrument. ~ Travis Drageset, All Music Guide All Music Guide
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