Results for "Slumgum"

Slumgum

Slumgum combines elements of jazz, free improvisation, world music, and contemporary classical music to shape a unique voice as a band. Their exhilarating live shows take the audience through a sonic journey that is both communicative and provocative. Using an arsenal of compositions by all band members as a point of departure, Slumgum weaves original music and standards into a performance of fun, unpredictable improvisation. This band is committed to creating music that is innovative and visceral, yet accessible and rooted in the tradition of American music to create an exciting experience for any listener.

Trevor Anderies Quintet at Fresh Santa Fe

by Dave Wayne
October 31, 2016

Trevor Anderies Quintet Fresh Santa Fe New Music Series Santa Fe, NM September 3, 2016 To be perfectly honest, most of the bands that come to Santa Fe, NM are playing fill-in gigs between dates in jny: Albuquerque (or jny: Phoenix) and jny: Denver. And that's okay because it just ...

Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra: Farewell

by Dave Wayne
December 8, 2015

I am beginning to wonder if every jazz musician has, in some dark corner of their psyche, a suppressed ambition to lead a big band. Economically unfeasible, logistically impossible--but artistically gratifying--a big band is perhaps the ultimate way to make manifest one's greatest musical ambitions. You get to conduct, pick your own solos, compose and arrange ...

Bastet: Eye of Ra

by Dave Wayne
September 21, 2015

Billing themselves as “original modern West Coast Jazz," I half- hoped to see Shelly Manne and Bud Shank pop up amongst the credits on Bastet's debut album Eye of Ra. Alas, the music of this Bay Area-based quartet apparently has very little to do with the Los Angeles- based West Coast jazz scene that spawned such ...

Quardboard Flavored Fiber

By Slumgum

Label: Accretions Records
Released: 2012

The Sky His Own

By Slumgum

Label: Nine Winds Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Zoyoki Gnoki; Silver Cornet News; Farewell; Bread and Butter; Mayday; Kyo; Inherent Vibrations; Minuet.

Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 2, 2012

The third release of the young Los Angeles-based, Cal Arts-educated Slumgum attempts to expand its musical universe. This inventive quartet already defined its rich aesthetic, drawing from diverse influences like jazz, free improvisation, world music and modern classical music, stressing a vivid sense of exploration and adventure with close and supportive interplay. On The Sky His ...

Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

by Hrayr Attarian
November 11, 2012

Slumgum exhibits a sophisticated voice and thematic cohesiveness on this, its third release, The Sky His Own. These characteristics are a testament to this innovative Los Angeles-based quartet's camaraderie and shared ideology, as all members of the group, including guest cornetist Hugh Ragin, contribute unique compositions. Ragin's expansive “Silver Cornet News" starts off ...

Quardboard Flavored Fiber

By Slumgum

Label: Accretions
Released: 2011
Track listing: Big Fun (Running in a Dream); Hancho Pancho; Big Fun (New Ruckus); Eshu's Trick; Big Fun (Street Puddle Rainbow); Afternoon; Big Fun (Natural Liberation); Quardboard Flavored Fiber; Big Fun (Buzz Saw Flower Blossom); Puce Over Pumpkin with a Hint of Lime; Big Fun (The Bellows).

Slumgum: Quardboard Flavored Fiber

by Dave Wayne
November 11, 2011

While it's true that a really great band is capable of expanding its listeners' musical vocabularies, it turns out that this LA-based quartet's name is also a vocabulary-builder in the literal sense. Slumgum is actually a real word that refers to the waste products from beekeeping operations. Those with the good fortune to hear either of ...