Jazz Articles about The Beat Circus

The Beat Circus: Ringleader's Revolt

by Celeste Sunderland
March 24, 2005

The timing is a bit inopportune for this. In a world rife with disorder, the last thing the listening population needs is music to dismantle the mind. Things start cheerfully enough, with a big-top band overture that culminates in oohs and aahs from an admiring crowd, then erupts into a rapid-plucking, drum-stomping, horn-blasting good time for “Mandalay Song. But then things begin to fall threateningly apart. Glimpses of disjointedness arise on “Big Top Suite Part 1: March of ...