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Cynical Rat Bastard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Landshark; For Ever Green; Cynical Rat Bastard; Schnerdle; Nobbylocks; Ila's Furnace; Sophia's Diary; City Eyes; Soy Sauce Chicken on Rice; When I'm Alone, Chicks Go Wild!; Dutch Courage; Corn Dog Hamper; Sydney.

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Elliott Simon


The inside jokes surely abound on Cynical Rat Bastard, a quirky recording from tenorist David Aaron's Short Memory band. With a feel that touches on the '70s rhythm sections of Ian Dury's Blockheads, Bastard is just that, a somewhat unholy combination of melodic and free that screams to be heard as well as whimpers in self ...

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Robert R. Calder


There seems to be some external literary programme to this set, but ignoring everything but the music, I can only say this: what a very good and individual tenor saxophonist! David Aaron's done a wide variety of things, so I read. All I know is this one CD, and that's enough for the present context. I'm ...

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Are the tunes David Aaron plays on Cynical Rat Bastard short because of his memory? The longest runs close to six and a half minutes; whatever the reason, it's gratifying that he knows when to stop. He and his band make compact statements and move on. Aaron plays the tenor saxophone with telling effect. ...

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


With a title like this, you might not know what to expect. But the music for the most part is jazz, with equal amounts of modernism and mood. A Toronto native and New York resident, saxophonist David Aaron has a firm handle on what he calls “aural voyeurism." His recording takes on a seductive and cinematic ...

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Budd Kopman


David Aaron presents Cynical Rat Bastard as “a heavy dose of aural voyeurism [which] invites the listener to press an ear to the keyhole for this insomniac's foray through an all-night carnival." The pose of a quirky, gen-X, ultra-cynical slacker is reinforced by the CD notes crediting someone for “missing the point" and dedicating the release ...


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