Jazz Articles about Metalwood

Metalwood: The Recline

by Dave Nathan
May 19, 2002

Formed in 1996, this electric jazz quartet Metalwood from Canada is joined by contemporary jazz, fusion and sometimes bop guitarist, John Scofield (on four cuts), for their fifth release and first for Telarc. Working from an agenda of free for all original material by Brad Turner and Chris Tarry, the group presents a listenable balance between a variety of jazz genre, fusion, funk, contemporary and outright swing (!). On cuts like “The Hipster", Turner's upbeat trumpet rides on top of ...