Griot Galaxy / Live at the D.I.A.
Album: Live at the D.I.A.   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Griot Galaxy   Added:May 2003
Label:Entropy Stereo Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-06-30 Pull Date: 2003-09-01 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Aug 31 Aug 24 Aug 17 Aug 3 Jul 27 Jul 13
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Recent Airplay
1. Mar 06, 2004: Morning Glory
Marz Society
4. Aug 23, 2003: Morning Glory
Marz Society
2. Oct 26, 2003: Oh Messy Life
Shadow World
5. Aug 15, 2003: Memory Select
Shadow World
3. Aug 29, 2003: Memory Select
Necrophilia
6. Aug 01, 2003: Memory Select
After Death

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-06-29
Horn-heavy free jazz quintet, a 1983 recording of a long-standing Detroit band featuring Faruq Z. Bey. Great stuff, combining (as you'd expect) free-wheeling bebop with African rhythm ideas. Liner notes give the band's history.

1 - Mostly slow-paced and enrapturing, with temple-meditative opening and a good fast sax solo from -7:30 to -4:30. (16-minute track)

2 - Mysterious riff opening, into a faster blazing segment. STOPS around -14:00. Second half opens with a drummerless sax interlude and builds to a loud blazing crescendo. Last 3 minutes quiet. (26-minute track)

3 - Cool mysterious polyrhythm
4 - Slow New Orleans blues, minor key
5 - African drum break
6 - Slow procession
7- Mid/fast Sun Ra tune, cool bebop feel

Track Listing
1. Z-Series   4. Fosters
2. Necrophilia   5. Marz Society
3. After Death   6. Spectrum
  7. Shadow World