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Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook up - Actionspeak (2010)
By Mark Saleski Many years ago, while stuck in traffic during the evening commute, I heard a radio segment on microtonal composer Easely Blackwood. I had read about things like microtones, 24-note equal tunings, and the like, but somehow none of the music had ever made it's way into my ears. Some of the pieces played ...
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches (2009)
By Tom Johnson I have two amazing young daughters who constantly remind me of the distance in age between them and me. The youngest is too young to ask much, but is plenty busy with toys and books, and being the family comedian. My older daughter, however, she is full of questions and I, while not ...
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun (1968)
By Pico Note: This is a slightly abridged version of the inaugural article in the long-running “Whack Jazz" series, first appearing on July 11, 2006 in the forerunner site to Something Else Reviews, Da Blog by Daslob. Machine Gun remains to me the gold standard for all thrash-jazz records, one that all other such albums are ...
Mercury Falls - Quadrangle (2010)
By Pico There's been a quiet trend of the last fifteen or so years that seems to be picking up steam lately. That is, to approach jazz from the dreamy and sometimes rough textures of alt rock and electronics. There's even a name for this: post-rock. Tortoise was one of the first groups to attempt this, ...
Junior Wells/Buddy Guy - Southside Blues Jam (1970)
By Nick Deriso Several of Muddy Waters' great sidemen—Junior Wells, Buddy Guy and Otis Spann—appear on the loose and funky “Southside Blues Jam," originally issued by Chicago's Delmark Records. Funny, for all their marquee value, Wells and Guy—Buddy was born in Lettsworth, Louisiana—are very nearly overshadowed by the intricate, intelligent playing of the shoulda-been legendary Spann. ...
Andrew Lamb Trio - New Orleans Suite (2006, 2010 Reissue)
By Pico Mother Nature just staged a terrorist act on our ass! —Warren Smith, “Dyes And Lyes" About five years ago, woodwinds and flute specialist Andrew Lamb convened a recording session with his longtime musical partner Warren Smith (drums, percussion) and the bass/cello master Tom Abbs for some free form musical expression. That's nothing new for ...
Amina Figarova - Sketches (2010)
By Pico It used to be, all good jazz originated out of New Orleans, then Chicago, then New York. And a lot of it still does these days. Eventually, Western Europe became the place of origin for a lot of great jazz for several generations, now, and even Eastern Europe is the home of some mighty ...
Curlew - A Beautiful Western Saddle (1993, 2010 Reissue CD+DVD)
By Pico Before there was Sonic Youth, before there was Radiohead, Material, The Flaming Lips or the Animal Collective, there was Curlew. Founded by saxophonist/composer George Cartwright in 1979, Curlew soon became an incubator for just about every important name in the the New York downtown experimental music scene that thrived in the 80s and 90s. ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (1997)
By Mark Saleski Have you ever been minding your own business when an old experience, one you hadn't thought about in years, just pops into your mind? That happened to me the other night, and I have no idea why. I had been up late reading, had just returned from the bathroom tooth-brushing thing, and was ...
Antibalas - Who is This America? (2004, 2010 Reissue)
By Pico The American Afrobeat movement hadn't bubbled up from the underground all that long ago, but maybe it isn't too soon to look back at what have been the key releases from this revival. At least that's what Ropeadope Records thinks in re-releasing this week Who Is This America from Antibalas only six years after ...
