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Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet: Husky
by Paul Olson
Tenor saxman Skerik is such an irrepressible personality on his horn, and such a joyously human presence in groups like Critters Buggin', Garage à Trois and Bobby Previte's Coalition of the Willing, that it's sometimes easy to underestimate him and think of his talents as more instinctive and spontaneous than analytic or accomplished. The wryness of ...
Skerik: Husky
by Graham L. Flanagan
Harry J. Anslinger, the United States' original Drug Czar, invented an unusual term to sum up what he considered as the moral decay caused by the collision of the jazz and drug cultures in the 1930s and 1940s: “syncopated taint." Popular tenor sax phenom Skerik--fresh off of a 2005 tour with Mike Clark's Headhunters--adopted ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland
by David Rickert
It must have been something to catch a live performance by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Of course he plays multiple instruments at the same time on albums, but wouldn't it have been cool to actually see him do it? Unfortunately, this trick tended to obscure Kirk's talents as an improviser and composer in some circles, as his ...
John Ellis: By a Thread
by Elliott Simon
Over the past several years, tenor saxophonist John Ellis has developed a powerfully funky style. More recently, he has stretched out to bass clarinet and ocarina, releasing two well-received sessions as a leader and maintaining his integral part in guitarist Charlie Hunter's well-known trio. On By a Thread Ellis has brought together a quintet that delivers ...
Lonnie
Album: By a Thread
By John Ellis
Label: Hyena Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 6:12
John Ellis: By A Thread
by John Kelman
In contrast to the schizophrenic nature of John Ellis' previous effort, One Foot in the Swamp (Hyena Records, 2005), By A Thread is an altogether more coherent affair. The 2005 disc focused on consolidating musical experiences gained with artists as diverse as eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter, pianist Robert Glasper and drummer Jason Marsalis, shifting from a ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman In The Fatherland
by Glenn Astarita
If there's any doubt left about Rahsaan Roland Kirk's brilliance, then this newly issued and previously unreleased live recording provides yet more evidence of his talents. Culled from tapes of his band's 1972 performance at Hamburg, Germany's Funkhaus, these sides present Kirk's all-encompassing approach to jazz. Asymmetrical combining free-form, pop-jazz and dabs of world music, the ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland
by Mike Perciaccante
Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a master whose genius had to be seen to be believed. His live performances were legendary. Unfortunately Kirk left us in 1977; although we can never truly experience his magic live, we can still hear the electricity of his live performances. Brotherman in the Fatherland is Hyena Records' third Kirk ...
Back in the Swing of Things
Label: Hyena Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Gina's Groove; Blow Your Horn; 1-5-10; Firestorm; Ultra Sensitive; Professor T; Bass
Statement #1; Back in the Swing of Things; Round Midnight; Next Time; I Don't Need No
Band; Critical Mass; Bass Statement #2; Quick Delivery.
Moonglow
Label: Hyena Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Whispering; I Can Dream, Can't I; Temptation; Moonlight Serenade; My Ideal; Moonglow; In
The Blue of Evening; Sleepy Time Down South; If I Had You; Golden Earrings; Dream A
Little Dream of Me; P.S. I Love You; Serenade In Blue; I'm Confessin'; Deep Purple; You'll
Never Know.
