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Flow Trio: Rejuvenation
by John Sharpe
Rejuvenation, despite its more recent vintage, fits right in with the generally held notion of the ESP label in its heyday as a home to passionate, small group, free jazz blowing sessions. While there may not be the same shock of the new, the intervening period means that the practitioners of this art have a rich ...
Patty Waters: Sings
by Jerry D'Souza
The interpretation of words is an art and Patty Waters turned that art into a singular achievement on her first recording, Sings, originally released in 1965. The songs on that album, now reissued by ESP Disk, took on a plaintive air--wrapped in the whisper of her pain and belted out in a scream of anguish. She ...
Barnacled: Charles
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The best part of the event that is Charles--the rather full-length record from Barnacled--is that it simply cannot be categorized. It therefore appears a mistake to label the group “prog" throughout the otherwise insanely fine liners that accompany the package. Thus it's an infinitely rewarding experience to approach the music first and then go to the ...
Yximalloo: Unpop
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Yximalloo is a comet streaking across the societal landscape. The fact that for over a decade he has dallied every now and then to pour mirth and scorn on a world so absorbed by commercialism that it has begun to devour itself may now seem prophetic. His work is elegantly absurd and hypnotic. It occupies the ...
The Levitts: We Are The Levitts
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Although they may never have been the “first family of popular music," the Levitts family played music that echoed various forms and spoke a multitude of idioms and phrases that brought the psychedelic 60s to life. This record, We are the Levitts, is a remarkable document of their unique voices that brings to life a musical ...
Totem: Solar Forge
by Martin Longley
This is one of New York's most exciting improvising combos, but the Totem trio tends to ration out its gigs, rarely playing in the area. Thus, their Brooklyn-recorded disc, Solar Forgeis recommended. Even though no performance will be alike, it's a reasonable guide to the trio's general sound and strategy. Bruce Eisenbeil's guitar ...
Alan Sondheim: Ritual-All-7-70
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The musical piece on this second record by Alan Sondheim, Ritual-All-7-70, was created more than 40 years ago by Sondheim and a group of improvisers. It is not known whether there was an audience present during its performance--clearly one that was quite intensely joyful on that January day--or whether the audience was the musicians themselves, but ...
Patty Waters: Sings
by Raul d'Gama Rose
This legendary 1965 debut of Patty Waters, simply entitled Sings, is everything that it became famous for. Today, it's also clear how a recording such as this would have come to stand for the angst and anguish of a generation of musicians who were in the forefront of the avant-garde movement in jazz music. Using an ...
Flow Trio: Rejuvenation
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If there is a way--and there most certainly is--to feel music with all the senses, then Flow Trio, comprising saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris and percussionist Charles Downs, show how completely spectacular this can feel when it all comes together on a record such as Rejuvenation. The group, all seriously schooled in ...
Steve Lacy: The Forest and the Zoo
by Henry Smith
Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's impressive career was filled with many benchmarks, but 1966's The Forest and the Zoo is surely one of his strongest. Having corrected the erroneous phasing on the original release of the album, this reissue sees the two side-long quartet works sounding better than ever. Playing no small part ...
