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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.`"