[PRE-ORDER] Yalloppin' Hounds - Play The Music Of Duke Ellington - The Architect [CD] Merge Records with Paul Chambers on bass

with Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums

Self-produced by bassist Eric Bass and co-written with front man Brent Smith

Dig What You Dug

Election Day (covered by Lyle Lovett) and many others

[PRE-ORDER] Yalloppin' Hounds - Play The Music Of Duke Ellington - The Architect [CD] Merge Records with Paul Chambers on bassOriginally recorded in 2002 and now newly digitally remastered for 2026, The Architect stands as one of the most ambitious and stylistically unique recordings ever created by New York's pioneering "Ghetto Swing" ensemble, The Yalloppin' Hounds. Produced, arranged, mixed, and mastered by Joey "G Clef" Cavaseno, the album boldly reimagines lesser known works connected to the legacy of Duke Ellington through a distinctly modern lens blending live swing