Live at the D.I.A.
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Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-06-29
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
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
Recent airplay
Marz Society
Morning Glory — Mar 06, 2004
Shadow World
Oh Messy Life — Oct 26, 2003
Necrophilia
Memory Select — Aug 29, 2003
Marz Society
Morning Glory — Aug 23, 2003
Shadow World
Memory Select — Aug 15, 2003
After Death
Memory Select — Aug 01, 2003
Charting
2003-06-30 — 2003-09-01
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 31 | 1 |
| Aug 24 | 1 |
| Aug 17 | 1 |
| Aug 3 | 2 |
| Jul 27 | 1 |
| Jul 13 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Z-Series | ||
| 2. | Necrophilia | ||
| 3. | After Death | ||
| 4. | Fosters | ||
| 5. | Marz Society | ||
| 6. | Spectrum | ||
| 7. | Shadow World |