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Mats/Morgan Band: Live
by Dave Wayne
Keyboardist Mats Öberg and drummer Morgen Ågren--known as much for their musical brilliance as they are for their devotion to the music of Frank Zappa--are at their hyperactive best on this remastered recording from Stockholm's Club Fasching in 1999. Six pieces by Ågren and five by Öberg comprise this all-original set that shows quite a bit ...
WA: Cross The Center
by Dave Wayne
On its surface, Cross The Center may seem like a guitar/drums free jazz freakout. This perplexingly named group from the Pacific Northwest, like their homies Dylan Carlson, SUNN)))000, and The Melvins, proves convincingly that it is possible to freak out with great intelligence, wit and skill. Sure, the electric guitars of Simon Henneman and C. J. ...
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
By Frank Zappa
Label: Frank Zappa Catalog
Released: 2012
Track listing: Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar; Five-Five-FIVE; Hog Heaven; Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar; While You Were Out; Treacherous Cretins; Heavy Duty Judy; Soup 'N Old Clothes; Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More; Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression; Gee, I Like Your Pants; Canarsie; Ship Ahoy; The Deathless Horsie; Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More; Pink Napkins; Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar; Beat It With Your Fist; Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar; Pinocchio's Furniture; Why Johnny Can't Read; Stucco Homes; Canard Du Jour;
Jaiman Crunk: Encounters
by Ian Patterson
Seattle-based guitarist Jaiman Crunk hasn't taken half measures on Encounters, his debut as leader. In addition to marshalling over 20 top jazz musicians--cherry picked for specific roles--Crunk employs fourteen brass, woodwind and string musicians from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on half the compositions. These four numbers in particular underline Crunk's notable compositional and arranging skills and ...
The Complete Arista Albums Collection
by John Kelman
When fusion first emerged in the late 1960s/early '70s with artists like trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin, the emphasis was on guitar and keyboard heavy lineups like Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with an equally strong predilection for the intensity and volume of rock and a kind of thundering funk ...
Supersilent featuring John Paul Jones: Manchester, UK, November 16, 2012
by David McLean
Supersilent featuring John Paul JonesRNCMManchester, UKNovember 16, 2012Of all Supersilent's live collaborators-- spanning from guitarist Stian Westerhus to prog/space rock juggernaut Motorpsycho--bassist John Paul Jones is a clear and distinct anomaly. Whereas previous conspirators have worked in similar realms, it was hard to know how the former Led Zeppelin bassist would ...
