Gregg Bendian's Interzone: Requiem for Jack Kirby (2002)

Todd S. Jenkins

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I have contributed in varying degrees to All About Jazz, Down Beat, Route 66 Magazine, Signal To Noise and American Songwriter.

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Published: April 12, 2002

An impeccable tribute to an incomparable artist. Jack Kirby was one of the great comic-book creators, a dweller in places of long shadows and stark colors who fathered the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-Men and other legendary Marvel Comics. A musical tribute to a visual artist working in that medium might seem strange, but Interzone managed to pull off a coup. The music on Requiem is dead-on evocative of Kirby's grotesque otherworlds, and fascinating at that.

Track Listing: Gregg Bendian (vibraphone), Nels Cline (guitar), Joel Hamilton (bass), Alex Cline (drums)

Personnel: 1. Kirby's Fourth World, 2. New Gods, 3. The Mother Box, 4. Teaneck In The Marvel Age, 5. Primordial Ink, 6. Air Above Zenn-La, 7. Other Skylines

Record Label: Atavistic Worldwide
Style: Modern Jazz