JJ-
if you have "real player" loaded on your computer, the rick derringer website automatically plays three tunes he redid as jazz covers (Is it really a cover, when he wrote the original?? Kind of like when Clapton redid Layla as an acoustic tune...it worked, but it was definitely different)- R&R Hootchie Koo, Frankenstien, and Free Ride. I won't say that I like them, but it is interesting to see that a rocker like him has migrated musically the same direction most of us did....the tunes aren't as good as Russ would do them, though :p
www.rickderringer.com

TonyY

Took a listen to all 3 songs...not bad...not good. I think if he had a better group of players with him the songs would sound a lot better. Sounds very flat,no groove,toss a couple of guys in there from SG that know how to groove,things would sound a whole lot better.

Peace

Spyro1

Spyro1, I agree- sounds a bit 2 dimensional, no fullness, no groove. Still not too bad, but I would prefer he just redo them with the original energy intact, and just back off on the distortion from the 70's.
TOnyY

I just heard "Jazzy Koo", Rick Derringer's instrumental remake of "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo" on Art Good's Jazztrax Studio!!

if you're unsure, you can listen to sound bytes on his web site. I think he still lives here in CT (as does Meatloaf, another fave from the 70's)

http://www.rickderringer.com/index.html

whatever tune is playing when you first go to his site is really good. It's sounds alive...
There are more samples on Amazon, and I am embarrassed to say that today was the first time I heard jazzy koo. I bought the CD, which is also the first contempo CD I have purchased in over a year... Wow. I have been spending too much time with the Polyphonic Spree and the excellent new Maria McKee CD “High Dive.”

well, when I just visited it, it says it's "Hot and Cool"- it is a good tune. Sounds more "new" than the remakes of his old tunes, but hey- there his, he can do what he wants with them, right?
Gotta go- vicious storm heading this way, need to unplug this box.....
TonyY

Ok, I have spent some time with this CD, but the vocal songs do not seem to mix well. Overall it's good, but after listening to it more and more, I think I will admit that this was an impulse buy - I'll blame on the champagne I was drinking.