Playboys 8/17/2015 Popestar finds Ghost parsing through

Popestar finds Ghost parsing through their vestment-black Rolodex and pulling out a compelling five-track set that pairs their most commercial-sounding original offering to date with a quartet of equally earworm-heavy covers

Greg Adams

Joonas Kaikko (percussion)

Matt Sharp (bass

Playboys 8/17/2015 Popestar finds Ghost parsing throughOriginally released as PLAYBOYS (Blue Note 94474). These 1956 Pacific Jazz sides appeared in 1961 under the title Playboys. Myth and rumor persist that, under legal advice from the publisher of a similarly named magazine, the collection would have to be retitled. It was renamed Picture of Heath, as more than half of the tracks are Jimmy Heath compositions. Regardless, the music is the absolute same. These are the third sessions to feature the dynamic