Results for "Ropeadope"

Unlocked

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2008
Track listing: Unlocked; Do You Want Some Mints?; Keep It Loose; Dance; Mega Tsunami; March of the Musical Robots; Signs of Transcendence; Animal Religions; We Are Always at the Beginning; Hunting.

Paradigm: Melodies for Uncertain Robots

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 14, 2008

Paradigm's second album roams the free range of progressive jazz-rock fusion to harvest, thresh and bale every kaleidoscopic color and sound. It also clearly reflects the disparate makeup of this electric quintet with the band members hailing from Maine, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Tennessee; everyone met while studying jazz at the University of Louisville; ...

Leo Genovese: Unlocked

by Phil DiPietro
October 15, 2008

Boston takes pride in it's stature as one of those old Yankee towns where it's tough to establish a foothold--a place where it takes three generations to break into an old neighborhood. While it's brimming with young jazz talent, the majority make the most of the locally rigorous musical pedagogy before making haste for ...

The Harlem Experiment: The Harlem Experiment

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 17, 2008

Volume three in Ropeadope's Experiment series follows similar musical experiments that represent Philadelphia (2001) and Detroit (2003). “We look to Harlem as ground zero for all that is modern day 'American' music," explains co-producer (and Ropeadope founder) Andy Hurwitz. “Whether you call it jazz, R&B, hip-hop or rock, all of it passed through the neighborhood's gates."

Live At The Rockwood Music Hall

By Dred Scott Trio

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2007
Track listing: Well, You Might; Time for the Hard Stuff; The Wizard; Three-Legged Dance; This Ain't No Russian Novel, Baby; Doggie and Cookie; Roses; Swirling Grimly; Sans Francisco.

Mean Things Happening In This Land

By Skip Heller

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2006
Track listing: Dear God; Katrina, Mon Amour; Heckuvajob; Motel Room in My Bed; Beautiful Bright Blue Skye Eyes; Hideout In the Sun; President Nero?; The Kind of Beauty that Moves; Punk Rock Girl; Aragon Mill.

Live at Tonic

By Christian McBride

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Technicolor Nightmare; Say Something; Clerow's Flipped; Lejos De Usted; Sonic Tonic; Hibiscus; Sitting on a Cloud; Boogie Woogie Waltz. CD2: See Jam, Hear Jam, Feel Jam; Out Jam/Give It Up or Turnit Loose; Lower East Side/Rock Jam; Hemisphere Jam; Bitches Brew; Out Jam/Via Mwandishi; Mwandishi Outcome Jam; The Comedown (LSD Jam). CD3: E Jam; Ab Minor Jam; D Shuffle Jam; D Shuffle Jam (part 2).

Skip Heller: Mean Things Happening In This Land

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 5, 2006

Skip Heller seems like a pretty fun-loving guy. But this new release, from its opening cover of XTC's anti-prayer “Dear God through its concluding folk song about the closing of a Georgia mill, presents his own scathing commentary on current social, economic and political landscapes. Working with David White on drums and percussion and Chris Spies ...

The Skip Heller Trio: Mean Things Happening In This Land

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
September 16, 2006

It's increasingly difficult to tell when someone is being ironic or sincere. Skip Heller, more than a little manic and an unquestionably gifted guitarist, might not be able to tell us himself where the sincerity ends and the irony begins on this record. Start with the music. It's an energetic guitar/organ trio date, driven by the ...

The Skip Heller Trio: Mean Things Happening In This Land

by Rex Butters
September 8, 2006

Like a man possessed, Skip Heller continues his prolific creative flow. His latest trio reconvenes the band which appeared on his last release, Liberal Dose: Chris Spies (organ) and David White (drums, percussion). In addition to the originals, Heller plucks four extremely unlikely covers with wonderful results. While his encyclopedic knowledge of music has provided some ...