Jimmy Carpenter has devoted a good part of his life to work for blues from many different facets and aspects In recent times Jimmy has followed on with a successful career as a singer and sax player, who has led him to work all around United States and Europe This North Carolina coming musician has shared stage with artists like Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Walter Wolfman Washington, Eric Lindell or The Honey Island Swamp Band Now he delights our senses with an album for VizzTone label produced by Mike Zito, where he has counted with the collaboration of Tinsley Ellis, Anders Osborne or Jonn DelToro Richardson among others With a fierce and mastery control of alto and tenor sax, he conquers our ears and our souls with a repertoire filled with own songs and extreme powerful versions coming from Little Walter, Sam Cook, Freddie King, Magic Sam, Willie Dixon, King Curtis and Otis Rush Both Carpenter and Zito really knew what they wanted for this album, that was nothing but only blues, so the repertoire could not be other than ten marvellous genuine pearls, performed with the skill, good taste, energy and commitment enough to catch you from the beginning to the end In short words, excellent high voltage blues