Video Premiere: Project Grand Slam Brings the ‘Fire’ With Kat Robichaud’s Hendrix Cover
Project Grand Slam, or PGS, is the brainchild of bandleader/bassist/composer Robert Miller, who at age 19 trained with Jimmy Garrison (John Coltrane’s bassist) and went on to an illustrious, nearly five-decade career playing with the jazz world’s elite. PGS has been described by Acid Jazz magazine as “a spectacular mix of jazz, fusion, and rock that combines melody, groove, and great improvisation.”
And now PGS is introducing a whole new generation to jazz fusion – collaborating with The Voice Season 5’s glam diva Kat Robichaud on the recent original “New York City Groove“ and a truly fiery new cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire.” The video for the latter is premiering today, right here, via Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks.
“My love for Hendrix began when, as a teenager, I wandered into the Cafe Wha in Greenwich Village one evening, and a guy named Jimi Hendrix happened to be on the bill. A mind-blowing experience,” Miller tells Yahoo Music.
PGS will release their new album, which includes the Kat-assisted “New York City Groove” and “Fire” as well as two tracks recorded live at NYC’s Blue Note Jazz Club, on Oct. 16. The Voice returns to NBC Sept. 21, although it’s unlikely the show will find another Kat Robichaud, since a girl like her is one of a kind.
