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Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra: Attitude & Gratitude

by Jack Bowers
There are five songs on Attitude & Gratitude, drummer Henry Godfrey's Boston-based Jazz Orchestra's second album, and each one is a tribute to people, places or circumstances that have helped Godfrey grow as a musician and as a person. In order, they are For McCoy" (honoring pianist McCoy Tyner and other jazz legends who have passed on); Mad Max" (for the city [Washington, DC] in which Godfrey grew up); Forgetting What Will Never Be" (for lost love and ...
Continue ReadingWalking Cliche Sextet: Micro-Nap

by Jerome Wilson
Walking Cliche Sextet, led by bassist SeaJun Kwon, is one of those bands that cut a ragged path between several genres of music. Jazz, prog rock, classical, drones, and other elements all get mixed into a spiky, ever-changing musical stew with a raucous edge reminiscent of some of Henry Threadgill's music. On first hearing, the three horns at the front of the sextet often seem at odds with the rhythm section, but their separate parts turn out to ...
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