Jazz Articles about Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux: Good Bread Alley

by Troy Collins
June 19, 2006

Poet and spoken word artist Carl Hancock Rux makes his Thirsty Ear debut with Good Bread Alley. Long considered to be a genre-bending musician who skirts the boundaries between a variety of styles--new soul, underground hip-hop, rhythm and blues, electronica, psychedelia, funk, free jazz, and everything in between--Rux is a natural candidate for Thirsty Ear's genre-eradicating Blue Series. This third album features a stripped-down palette with notable special guests, including slide guitarist Dave Tronzo and violinist Leroy Jenkins, both of ...