Haas, Andy/Don Fiorino / Death Don't Have no Mercy
Album: Death Don't Have no Mercy   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Haas, Andy/Don Fiorino   Added:Aug 2005
Label:Resonant  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-08-28 Pull Date: 2005-10-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 30 Oct 23 Oct 16 Oct 2 Sep 4
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 28, 2005: Memory Select
Anomalous Behavior
4. Sep 30, 2005: Memory Select
Blood of Words
2. Oct 21, 2005: Memory Select
Come Marching Home
5. Sep 27, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
Ashes in the Sand
3. Oct 10, 2005: Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Pharaoh in the Age of ...
6. Sep 02, 2005: Memory Select
Pharaoh in the Age of Hypocrisy

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-09-03
Duet improv pairing sax with slide guitar or dobro or similar instruments. The guitar side draws very heavily from traditional forms, adding country twang or cowboy-film atmosphere to otherwise abstract tracks (#1 being a good example).

Think roots/blues/Americana with brainly improv tossed in. Simple idea with enjoyable results -- check this out, and start with #3, 6, 11, or 12 if you're not into cluttery artsy stuff. #2 worth noting if you ever have to play the national anthem.

1- Twangy! Dobro with gloopy electronics, also sax
2- The national anthem, done up jazz-improv style.
3- Mexican guitar and distant spacey sounds. Fast but calming.
4- With piri, a Korean flute. Mid/fast "world" sound, kinda nasal
5- Quiet, pretty. Electric guitar softly jumbles it up.
6- Native American feel w/flute. Mid/fast
7- Country twang, with scary sounds then sour-toned sax
8- Banjo abstractions plus sax, very artsy
9- Fuzzy electric guitar. Midtempo, casually noisy
10- Bluesy guitar + hyper flute.
11- Bluesy/country low-level jam: driven guitar, floaty sax bursts
12- "Que Sera Sera," a jazzy sax over soft guitar. Pretty at first; gets into a burbly midtempo ramble.

Track Listing
1. Anomalous Behavior   7. Memorywound
2. Anthem   8. Come Marching Home
3. Ashes in the Sand   9. Germline Manipulation
4. Sinawi Spirits   10. Death Don't Have no Mercy
5. Hymn   11. Pharaoh in the Age of ...
6. Blood of Words   12. Que Sera, Sera