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Scorch Trio - Melaza (Rune Grammofon, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 27, 2010

As can be inferred by their name, The Scorch Trio is a high energy improvisational jazz band that touches of fusion, rock 'n' roll and free jazz. Consisting of Raoul Bjorkenheim on guitar, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass and new member Frank Rosaly on drums and percussion, the group mixes high energy blowouts with abstract soundscapes to create a compelling blend of music. Taking their titles on this album from Puerto Rican slang terms, the music is equally spicy, leading ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: Bill Frisell - Gone, Just Like a Train (1998)

Source: Something Else!
November 27, 2010

By Mark Saleski When writing on or near the Thanksgiving Day holiday, it has become the custom to either enumerate the things we're thankful for or to go the consumerist route and talk about Black Friday. Black Friday? C'mon, when me and TheWife got up this morning, the temperatures were in the high 20's and there was a beautiful freezing rain coming down. We'll skip the shopping, at least for this morning. Thank you. So I have been thinking on ...

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Unsigned Treasures: Taketwo and Friends - Rochester Express (2010)

Source: Something Else!
November 27, 2010

By Nick DeRiso A group of cross-country friends with day jobs got together to produce Rochester Express, this chummy, Woody Herman-style amalgam of galloping jazz joys. By day, the members of Rochester, Minnesota-based TakeTwo work as a cardiovascular surgeon, a respiratory therapist, and an IBM engineer. In this two day recording session, however, they emerged from their shiny office edifices to form a bold and swinging octet. Together, they take on enough familiar themes from the canon (including songs associated ...

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Obscuro: The Beatles, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (1970)

Source: Something Else!
November 27, 2010

By Pico Paul McCartney declared it is “probably my favorite Beatles' track" and yet, it's also one of The Beatles' silliest, discombobulated and for decades, one of their most obscure. For me, “You Know My Name (Look up The Number)" just brings me back to a long-ago time. My family (I say “family" but it probably belonged to one of my older brothers) had the “Let It Be" single with it first came out in the spring of 1970. As ...

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One Track Mind: Steely Dan "Everything Must Go" (2003)

Source: Something Else!
November 26, 2010

By Pico So a couple of years ago we saluted the national shopping holiday called Black Friday with some musings about a 1975 Steely Dan song of the same name. This time, we're going to mark the occasion with another ditty by the Boys From Bard (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen), called “Everything Must Go." This, of course, is the title track from Steely Dan's last album from seven years ago (hey guys, you're due for another one). In the ...

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Grant Green - Retrospective (Blue Note, 2002)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 25, 2010

Guitarist Grant Green was a workhorse for Blue Note records during a couple of tenures on the label. Introduced to the Blue Note scene through Lou Donaldson, Green quickly became a valued sideman and leader on many records, according to Wikipedia, From 1961 to 1965, he made more appearances on Blue Note albums, as leader or sideman, than any other musician. He left the label for a four year sabbatical, during which he recorded for other labels and battled addiction, ...

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One Track Mind: The Jazz Crusaders, "Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again" (1970)

Source: Something Else!
November 25, 2010

By Pico Today is a day for giving thanks for something or another, and everyone knows what Sly Stone is grateful for. And believe me, I was intent on making this One Track Mind about a 1969 hit for the Family Stone that pretty much set the template for '70's funk, but then I got to thinking about another nifty cover that came out less then a year later. We've talked about the great, soul-jazz combo from Houston, TX called ...

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