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SoSaLa: Nu World Trashed
ByTo some extent, the leader presents an a la carte program of how jazz can be an additive or enhancer to worldly modal practices abetted by his dynamic use of vibrato, silky smooth overtones, and gruff outbreaks. Moreover, various musicians appear on select tracks such as Mike Irish and Hubi Greiner who use electronicsprogramming, in concert with arranging and mixing skills and Baba Don Eaton, handling the percussion duties among several others who help generate new wave EFX, blues, dub, Middle Eastern stylizations or folk-like etudes into the disparate mix.
"Anybody Out There?" opens with the musician named Genetic Drugs' silvery synth lines along with sirens in the background, evolving into a slow tempo funk vamp, tinted by SoSaLa's resonating tenor sax grooves, painted with mystical qualities, and underscored with Middle Eastern tonalities. And the low key "What What?" was recorded live in New York City and features his beat-poet like spoken word. Whereas the extended piece "My Shutter" is framed in Persian classical music and features David Shively who plays the Hungarian cimbalom, conjuring notions of the band performing a mantra in a forbidden forest. Here, SoSaLa casts ethereal attributes via his reverb-tinged, fluent, staggered, and circular soprano sax phrasings, plush with a velvety sheen. Overall, the saxophonist jubilantly radiates a third-world spirit, brimming with urban soundscapes.
Track Listing
1. Welcome Nu World (5:34), 2. Enough Is Enough (5:18), 3. Mystical Full Moon Hymn for Ornette Coleman (feat. SoSaLa) (4:14), 4. Sad, Sad, Sad Sake (10:39), 5. Anybody Out There? (feat. SoSaLa) (6:54), 6. What’s What? (4:57), 7. My Shushtari (15:39), 8. Anybody Out There? (Lift Off) (feat. SoSaLa) (1:56), 9. Intro Music (8:06)
Personnel
SoSaLa
saxophone, tenorPaul Amrod
pianoHubl Greiner
drumsLautaro Burgos
cymbalMar Gueye
percussionDr. Cornel West
vocalsMike Irish
electronicsMassamba Diop
percussionBob Romanowski
guitar, acousticGenetic Drugs
drumsDavid Belmont
guitar, steelAdditional Instrumentation
David Shively - Hungarian Cimbalom, Baba Donn Eaton - congas, David Belmont - dobro
Album information
Title: Nu World Trashed | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: DooBeeDoo Records
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About SoSaLa
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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