If told about a band that consisted of only keyboards and drums, one wouldn’t be faulted for thinking, “Where’s the rest of the group?” But one listen to Amendola Vs. Blades – the funky California-based duo of Wil Blades on Hammond organ and clavinet and Scott Amendola behind the kit – and all fears will be assuaged. Blades’s cutting solos and deep bass lines make for a thick stew of soulful harmony and daring improvisatio and Amendola’s beats are simply unstoppable.