Death Don't Have no Mercy

Haas, Andy/Don Fiorino
Resonant
Jazz | Aug 2005

Reviews

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.

Recent airplay

Anomalous Behavior
Memory SelectOct 28, 2005
Come Marching Home
Memory SelectOct 21, 2005
Pharaoh in the Age of ...
Blood of Words
Memory SelectSep 30, 2005
Ashes in the Sand
Umami Jazz ProgramSep 27, 2005
Pharaoh in the Age of Hypocrisy
Memory SelectSep 02, 2005

Charting

2005-08-28 — 2005-10-30 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 30 1
Oct 23 1
Oct 16 1
Oct 2 2
Sep 4 2

Track listing

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