Political Blues

Political Blues is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released by the Canadian Justin Time label.

The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, Jaleel Shaw, Oliver Lake and David Murray, with guests Craig Harris on trombone, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, James "Blood" Ulmer on guitar, Jamaaladeen Tacuma (who also produced the album) on bass guitar, and Lee Pearson on drums.

There are jazz-funk jams, hard-swinging blues, syncopated rhythms, catchy melodies and, on half the tunes, vocals-lyrics aimed squarely at Dubya and his deputies... For all the polemics, it's the music that sustains this effort.

The WSQ has departed from its funky avant-garde position, and has entered territory usually reserved for rhythm-and-blues bands... Intense and filled with passion, their music rocks hard.

"[2] In a separate AAJ review, Karl A.D. Evangelista stated: "This is the fierce, hard spirit of jazz, a volley at the heart of dire times that tugs at the bare, black and blue roots of the music...