Clean

Reviewed: 2017-09-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none

Review: versatile sax player and his excellent sextet deliver a whole new jazz language "utilizing minimalist ideas, mathematically-oriented compositions, and post-millennial hip hop influences." - Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz), The band is augmented at various times by guest woodwind artists to create additional textures. All originals.
If You Like: Oregon, Rite Of Spring, Arild Andersen
Track Review: (favorites denoted by *) 1/ Ive Sn Th Gra Md - violin starts> uptempo jam> quick stop *2/ Clean (8:46) sax starts> uptempo jam> slows on piano then swings back> piano solo> sax solo> quick fade 3/ Alphabet Soup (4:09) - bassoon/violin starts> uptempo jam> slows to fade *4/ The Generator (6:15) - piano starts> midtempo jam> slips to slow on guitar solo then swings back> quick stop 5/ It Was Brgh Cold (:50) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> quick stop *6/ Centre Of The Woods (4:44) - piano starts> slow tempo jam swings uptemo> slow fade 7/ Romulo's Raga (1:05) - oboe starts> uptempo jam> quick stop *8/ I Am An American (5:29) - piano starts> slow tempo jam swings to uptempo> fade *9/ Hola, Amigo (5:51) - piano strts> midtempo jam> guitar solo> quick stop 10/ Trio (7:23) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade 11/ I'm Prety Uch Fkd (1:27) - piano starts>& oboe> midtempo with strings & oboe> quick stop 12/ Buckley VS Vidal (6:45) - bassoon/cello start> slow tempo jam> woodwinds ja*m> builds to midtempo & slows again> slow fade 13/ Dirty Curly (7:34) - sax starts> midtempo Monk-like jam> sax solo> uptempo piano solo> slow fade *14/ The Minutiae Of Existence (1:06) - piano starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop