Grateful Jazz

Jazz Is Dead

This release comprises covers of ten Grateful Dead songs.

Tracks

• Cumberland Blues
• Sugar Magnolia
• Jack Straw
• Truckin'
• Attics Of My Life
• Friend Of The Devil
• Uncle John's Band
• Mr. Charlie > One More Saturday Night
• Dark Star

• T Lavitz - piano, organ, synthesizers
• Jeff Pevar - guitars, mandolin, dobro, banjo
• Rod Morgenstein - drums, washboard
• David Livolsi - bass
  
  Special Guests:
  
  
• Alphonso Johnson - bass
• Luis Conte - percussion
• Bill Evans - soprano saxophone
• Jerry Goodman - violin, electric violin
• Bill Holloman - trumpet, saxophones
• Howard Levy - harmonica

The basic tracks for this release were recorded in 2004 for an album planned for 2005. However that album was not released. Jeff Pevar took these tracks, added overdubs by a number of special guests and released the resulting music in 2015.