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Scot Ray Quintet: Active Vapor Recovery
by Mark Corroto
Trombonist Scot Ray rounds up the usual suspects of West Coast postmodern jazz for this session classified in the ‘unable to classify’ category. The former sideman in Brian Setzer’s swing orchestra pens a few ideas of hs own on Active Vapor Recovery. He has jettisoned swing for an amalgam of fresh funk, rock, chamber, and free music. Scot assembles a cast of Cryptogramphone and 9 Winds record regulars to pull off this most eclectic of sessions. But then again what ...
read moreScot Ray: Small Architecture
by Glenn Astarita
When West Coast-based trombonist Scot Ray isn’t performing with rock/swing guitarist Brian Setzer, (Brian Setzer Orchestra), you might find him shedding with well-known modern jazz artists such as multi-reedman Vinny Golia, french hornist Tom Varner, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and many others of note. And on this self-produced effort titled Small Architecture, Ray utilizes his various trombones and electronic devices along with guitarist Andrew Barbera and drummer/percussionist David Shaffer for a series of sound designs that do indeed parallel the ...
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