In constant rotation in my CD changer for the last 24 hours...
Cosmologic, eyes in the back of my head
San Diego based quartet whips out some excellent music on this album available on the Cuneiform label( one of the top indie labels for contemporary music)...sonics is top notch, some of the cleanest acoustic notes I have heard.
Review:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29875Samples:
http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Back-My-Head-Cosmologic/dp/B00168ZI7ATroglodytes, Ria
Weird jazz
Their Space:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=41685857Samples:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/troglodytesAlan Pasqua, the anti social club
Never met/heard a Cryptogramophone release I didn't like...this is excellent stuff...Alan Pasqua: keyboards, piano; Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet; Jeff Elwood: saxophones; Nels Cline: guitars; Jimmy Haslip: bass; Scott Amendola: drums, electronics; Alex Acuna: percussion
Fusion with teeth, sharp teeth. aa
Here, keyboardist Alan Pasqua draws a line in the sand. In effect, he revisits his ‘70s jazz fusion roots, largely due to his tenure with the second incarnation of “Tony Williams Lifetime” while also hearkening back to the early stages of Miles Davis’ foray into electronics-based jazz. Supplanted by this record label’s customary, sonic recording excellence, Pasqua and his well-known West Coast friends conjure up a contempo spin on the roads previously traversed.
Samples:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7517503/a/Antisocial+Club.htmAmir Elsaffar, two rivers
Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir Elsaffar best album here...with a top notch band...which includes Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophone), Nasheet Waits (drums), Carlo DeRosa (bass), Tareq Abboushi (buzuq and percussion), and Zaafir Tawil (oud, violin and dumbek)
Info:
http://www.pirecordings.com/album/pi24A gorgeous record balanced between two worlds, Two Rivers is a stirring example of the creative possibilities of international jazz in the 21st century.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27380Samples:
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Rivers-Amir-ElSaffar/dp/B000UJBYGK
