Two Separate Gorillas

Two Separate Gorillas
Trigon Records
Jazz | Jul 2004

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-09-03
Goofy fun. Light touches of prog/fusion, the occasional sax solo, and a Spike Jones attitude.... arguably more rock than jazz.

Lots of catchy beats augmented by zany noises in the percussion or melody, and they sometimes tie into the pun-packed titles (car horns on "Gridlock Holiday", for instance.)

Solos and improvising aren't the focus here, but enough saxophone bits show up to keep a jazzy face on. Groan at the song titles and groove to the songs themselves.

1- Big soaring sound, lightly fusion-y. The jokeless track.
2- Outright rock song, driving.
3- Slow boogie-woogie shuffle with car horns
4- Big-city piano chase, lightly action-packed
5- Faux animal sounds (human voice) built into rhythm and melody
6- Steady driving beat; bar-band sax; breaking glass instead of cymbals
7- Persian music behind a sampled phone call from a weird old guy
8- Odd gloopy sounds
9- Guitar buzz into soft but warbly track; chamber music with motion sickness
10- Drunk stumbly jazz
11- Sax and goofy noises; nice steady beat

Recent airplay

A440 or Fight
Oh Messy LifeNov 14, 2004
A Fly in the Anointment
Storytime!--Free For allNov 02, 2004
A Fly in the Anointment
JamoramaOct 28, 2004
Tap Dancing in a Mine Field
The Dog and Pony ShowOct 27, 2004
No Harm, no Foul, no ...
JamoramaOct 21, 2004
Armageddon Outa' Here

Charting

2004-09-06 — 2004-11-07 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 7 1
Oct 31 2
Oct 24 4
Oct 17 1
Oct 10 4
Oct 3 2
Sep 26 6
Sep 19 4

Track listing

1. A Fly in the Anointment
2. Armageddon Outa' Here
3. Gridlock Holiday
4. Tap Dancing in a Mine Field
5. The Wahl'rus Was Jon
6. No Harm, no Foul, no ...
7. Whirling Hors D'ervishes
8. Mutants of the Midway
9. Debussy Fields Forever
10. You Drive Me Ape, You ...
11. A440 or Fight