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Frank Macchia: Saxolollapalooza
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Way in the background on some classic big band recordings, there is a high-pitched aural glow, a sustained, ethereal, almost liturgical hum coming from somewhere in the reeds section. Duke Ellington's “There Shall Be No Night," from the great Blanton/Webster Band box set (Bluebird, 1990), has it. Partly it's the recording technology of the time, sufficiently ...
World Saxophone Quartet: Political Blues
by Jim Santella
Long recognized as an avant-garde fixture with creativity up the wazoo, the World Saxophone Quartet has a language all its own. Its four-part harmony flows worlds apart from the norm while its improvised antics reach right out into your soul and grab hold. The quartet's albums can usually be ranked at the top before you even ...
Political Blues
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Political Blues; Hal's Blues; Mannish Boy; Let's Have Some Fun; Amazin' Disgrace; Bluocracy Pt.
I; Bluocracy Pt. II; Bluocracy Pt. III; Blue Diamond; Harlem; Spy On Me Blues.
World Saxophone Quartet: Political Blues
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con una forza dirompente arriva un nuovo capitolo della saga del World Saxophone Quartet, un album di denuncia, molto politicizzato e che attacca, senza tanti giri di parole, l’attuale situazione americana. Il longevo gruppo (che festeggerà l’anno prossimo il trentennale), con alla testa i tre superstiti David Murray, Oliver Lake e Bluiett dà una decisa scossa ...
World Saxophone Quartet: Political Blues
by Karl A.D. Evangelista
Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, the most recent offering by the World Saxophone Quartet, occupies the same territory as those few moments of musical activism that have not only informed ...
Experience
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Freedom; If 6 Was 9; Hey Joe; Machine Gun; Little Wing; Foxey Lady; Hear My Train a Comin'; The Wind Cries Mary
World Saxophone Quartet: Experience
by Kurt Gottschalk
With its glory days more than arguably behind it, the WSQ has become something of a powerhouse repertory band. Beginning in 1977, the four saxophonists (then Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, and David Murray) released seven remarkable albums in eight years before finding a second calling as an interpreting ensemble with 1986's brilliant Plays Duke ...
Experience
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Freedom; If 6 Was 9; Hey Joe; Machine Gun; Little Wing; Foxey Lady; Hear My Train a Comin
World Saxophone Quartet: Experience
by Phil DiPietro
Sick 'o' standards? Here, the members of the World Saxophone Quartet, who could tackle anything, jack the repertoire of Jimi Hendrix and render it to their whim. The WSQ is known for working without a rhythm section, but they use one here on 4 of 8 cuts (including “If 6 was 9"). That decision, coupled with ...
