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Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Jeremiah
ByJeremiah his latest release, follows a 2-disc live recording Liverevil (Hot Cup, 2013). While six of the seven tracks are from a studio session, the entire affair smells of the abraded rawness of live music.
The disc opens with "The Bottle," a collision between composed and improvised music. His septet of hard-bodied players tugs the music this way and that until saxophonist Bryan Murray honks-out a goose call on his balto! saxophone, which is an alto with a baritone mouthpiece and a plastic reed. The piece threatens to, yet never does come uncoupled. That theme, one of joy-riding in a stolen car, is ever present here. Credit the cohesion to Elliott and drummer Dan Monaghan.
As he has on previous records and performances, Lundbom adds to the septet. On "Scratch Ankle," saxophonist Justin Wood mixes his alto with Irabagon's tenor, trombonist Sam Kulik switches places. The music is devilishly tilted toward entropy, but collapse never comes. "Lick Skillet" opens with the extended trombone vocalization of Kulik that gives way to tight horn charts, Wood's flute, and Lundbom's scribbling lines. His guitar sound is oriented more towards Pete Cosey and John McLaughlin than he is to, say Kurt Rosenwinkel or Pat Martino. Lundbom wrote all the music here, except for the two traditional Wiccan pieces, "First Harvest" and "Wiccan Prayer Song Medley." Each piece is re- contextualized as the equivalent of modern witchcraft, or in other words, jazz music.
Track Listing
The Bottle; Frog Eye; Scratch Ankle; First Harvest; Lick Skillet; Wiccan Prayer Song Medley; Screamer.
Personnel
Jon Lundbom
guitarJon Lundbom: guitar; Jon Irabagon: soprano saxophone; Bryan Murray: tenors saxophone, balto! saxophone; Moppa Elliott: bass; Dan Monaghan: drums; Justin Wood: flute, alto saxophone; Sam Kulik: trombone.
Album information
Title: Jeremiah | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Hot Cup Records