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Matta Gawa - Ba (2010)
By Pico Washington, D.C.'s Matta Gawa's self-described “cinematic chunks of post-hardcore improvised sound" is, however else you might describe it, standing apart from the main body of whack jazz. Sounds created from more than forty guitar pedals creating loops, sample, octave altering, various synthesized noise effects created and layered all at once and rounded out by ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny - Orchestrion (2010)
By Mark Saleski The sun is setting earlier, the nights are already much longer, and it's sorta dark when we get up in the morning. This is probably the last weekend for decent foliage-viewing, marking what we all know is coming: winter. The snow will fly, the storm windows will be snapped shut, and we'll hunker ...
Jazz Folk - Jazz in the Stone Age (2010)
By Mark Saleski Jazz fans tend to have a love/hate relationship with pop music covers. On the one hand, there are examples like Coltrane's “My Favorite Things" that are sort of hard to argue with. Face it, reinterpretations like that not only put a new spin on an old favorite, but kick open the door of ...
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter - Bourgeois Blues (1997)
By Nick Deriso Huddie “Lead Belly" Ledbetter was a man of sweeping appetites, for songs, for drink and for life. This made his music rugged and true, but also got him into his share of big trouble. Very big. Ledbetter, born on Jan. 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, La., would spend several stints ...
Elton John and Leon Russell - The Union (2010)
By Nick Deriso Elton John's long and often dispiriting journey back to his 1970s muse led him to an early idol, Leon Russell. The result is “The Union," a sturdy new collaboration full of spiralling soul and timeless revelations about starting over. Produced by T Bone Burnett and set for issue by Decca on Oct. 19, ...
Richard Pinhas Featuring Merbow and Wolf Eyes - Metal/Crystal (2010)
By Pico Even if you're into experimental music you might not have heard of Richard Pinhas, but he's kind of a big deal in his native France. This guitarist led the art-rock band Hedron in the mid 70s, during which time they made seven albums, and Pinhas went on to record under his own name, at ...
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, "Bourgeois Blues" (1997)
By Nick Deriso Huddie “Lead Belly" Ledbetter was a man of sweeping appetites, for songs, for drink and for life. This made his music rugged and true, but also got him into his share of big trouble. Very big. Ledbetter, born on Jan. 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, La., would spend several stints ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Llyria (2010)
By Pico It's ritual groove music time again. The Swiss pianist and bandleader Nik Bärtsch has broken musical ground with his Ronin outfit, pioneering jazz that's melodically sparse and rhythmically robust. Not dance music but very funky, not piano bar jazz but very soothing, Bärtsch and his crew create paradoxes that resolve themselves artfully. I first ...
One Track Mind: John Lennon "Instant Karma!" (1970)
By Pico Note: To commemorate the 70th birthday of John Lennon, we're revisiting this single from early in his post-Beatles career. One of the things I find most fascinating about the man was how he was able to impart blunt, timeless wisdom about our lives while struggling to make sense of his. “Karma" was one of ...
John Lennon - Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2010)
By Nick Deriso “Double Fantasy" never felt dangerous enough to be a great John Lennon record. That started with this too-slick, of-its-moment presentation. No surprise there, really: I've always thought that the best of Lennon's solo stuff after 1970's “Plastic Ono Band" would resonate more completely today if the period-piece production had been stripped away. Early ...
