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Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes

Read "Chance Episodes" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut
September 28, 2011

Saxophonist/composer Matt Steckler mentions “remembering things anew," when describing the music he wrote for Chance Episodes. Dead Cat Bounce certainly “remembers" several influences on its fourth album, yet its members recollect via their own unique voices. The Boston-based sextet munches on several speeds of hardboiled swing for “Food Blogger," with calypso beats sandwiched ...

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Home Speaks to the Wandering

By Dead Cat Bounce

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Hiram Henkler

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Dead Cat Bounce: Home Speaks To The Wandering

Read "Home Speaks To The Wandering" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini

by Mark Sabbatini
August 17, 2004

Their music defies easy description, but there's no trouble understanding why they keep winning awards and polls as Boston's best jazz band. Dead Cat Bounce blends everything from traditional big band to uber free jazz into a thick and inexplicably coherent canvas on their third album, Home Speaks To The Wandering. A record store ...

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Dead Cat Bounce: Home Speaks to the Wandering

Read "Home Speaks to the Wandering" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 1, 2004

Dead Cat Bounce is about attitude. The saxophone quartet with rhythm section is definitely not your typical garden variety combo. With highly orchestrated material injected with taut musicianship and a sense of wittiness, the group has been lauded in the press and in their hometown of Boston. Their new recording Home Speaks to the Wandering continues ...

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Legends of the Nar

By Dead Cat Bounce

Label: Chonsky
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Groovsiewhatsie? 2.Dead Cat Catillion 3. Minnie's Lonesome 4. Meltwater 5.Gone Awry 6.Ilha Das Gaivotas 7. Little Overture 8.Romulus & Remus 9.Adzes on the Atolls. 10. Disappearing 11. Belafrican

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Dead Cat Bounce: Legends of the Nar

Read "Legends of the Nar" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
December 18, 2002

Their name might be a bit strange, but the Boston group Dead Cat Bounce is one of today’s more interesting and progressive saxophone quartets. Their new recording Legends Of The Nar is a workout for strong horn arrangements with a creative flair. With the profile notable groups such as the World Saxophone Quartet and the American ...