Grilly Biggs / New Orleans / Katrina = Santa Fe + Chicago
Album: New Orleans / Katrina = Santa Fe + Chicago   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Grilly Biggs   Added:Feb 2007
Label:High Mayhem  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-02-18 Pull Date: 2007-04-22 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 22 Mar 25 Mar 11 Feb 25
Airplays: 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 03, 2024: Music Casserole
Twenty-One Part 1
4. Mar 23, 2007: Memory Select
Frantic Fix
2. Oct 03, 2014: Rebop
Frantic Fix
5. Mar 10, 2007: Cognitive Overload
Twenty-One Part 1
3. Apr 20, 2007: Memory Select
Gator Part 2
6. Feb 23, 2007: Memory Select
Twenty-One Part 1

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2007-02-11
Free-jazz lineup of vibes, bass and two drummers, frequently groove-oriented. It's got a nice dry snap of a beat, and it really cooks when they get going (3). You've also got lots of floaty, electronics-laden improvs, abstract stuff that didn't convince me; it feels like directionless stalling (5,6). Gets a thumbs-up overall, but their sound needs work.

1- Strange swirl of electronics
2- Fast, a nice little beat that gets tuneful
3- Four minutes of active, compelling improv, into a really nice mid/fast groove.
4- Groove continues, then lightly roaring sounds
5- Rock-minimalist? A fast beat with slow guitar-like buzz, after a light noise intro. Then some sampled TV(?) that gets dull.
6- Thick with quiet electronics, kind of a loose beat.
7- Sharp and pounding
8- Floaty vibes, a nice wind-up to track 9
9- Active, pulsing beat

Track Listing
1. Improv At High Mayhem   5. Doo Doo Cha Ka
2. Frantic Fix   6. Dig On Mcclimon
3. Twenty-One Part 1   7. Coda
4. Twenty-One Part 2   8. Gator Part 1
  9. Gator Part 2