The BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND Leans into R&B

Fervor on the Brassy Keep on Moving: Album

Features a Horn Section with David Sanborn

and Prioritizes the Art of the Groove

Hear the 1969 Record in Audiophile Sound

for the First Time on Disc: Strictly Limited to

2,000 Numbered Copies, Mobile Fidelity's

Hybrid SACD Plays with Dynamic Liveliness

and Revealing Clarity

And then there was one. Paul Butterfield stands as the last

remaining original member of his namesake collective on Keep on

Moving. It's hard to imagine it being any other way. Picking up where

it left off on In My Own Dream, the BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND wholly

embraces R&B fervor - and indirectly dares any horn-accompanied

ensemble of the era to match it's energy, pulse, tightness, and flair.

While going all-in on soul with a crack support cast on this 1969 set,

Butterfield would pull the plug on the band just two years later. The

group's pursuit of funky, bluesy paths carved by rolling bass lines,

stacked horns, buttoned-up rhythms, and harmonica blasts almost

makes that decision unthinkable.

Sourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in a

mini-LP-style gatefold package, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD

makes Keep on Moving available in audiophile quality. Open and

balanced, it underlines the dynamic liveliness and organic feel of

Jerry Ragovoy's production. As well as the palpable chemistry of

the sessions recorded at his then-brand-new Hit Factory studio

in New York. The prominence and positioning of the horn section

- comprised of a young David Sanborn, Gene Dinwiddie, Trevor

Lawrence, Keith Johnson, and Steve Madaio - particularly benefit

from the newfound transparency and presence. This reissue's clarity

also exposes key details, accents, and textures germane to the

music. Keep on moving, indeed.