| Mostly Other People Do The Killing / This Is Our Moosic |
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| Album: | This Is Our Moosic | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mostly Other People Do The Killing | Added: | Nov 2008 | |
| Label: | Hot Cup | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-01-11 | Pull Date: | 2009-03-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 24, 2022: | Rebop (rebroadcast from Aug 7, 2015) East Orwell | 4. | Aug 07, 2015: | Rebop East Orwell | |
| 2. | Feb 12, 2016: | Rebop Drainlick | 5. | Mar 16, 2013: | Music Casserole Effort, Patience, Diligence | |
| 3. | Jan 29, 2016: | Rebop Drainlick | 6. | Jul 11, 2009: | Music Casserole East Orwell |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2008-12-28 | ||
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Free jazz... well, like Sinatra-era jazz (or old-timey stuff, on a couple of tracks) played by guys who grew up with punk rock in the water. Fast, dense, caffeinated. Peter Evans steals the show with his machine-gun trumpeting, but the other three players do a great job keeping the energy level redlined, even on the "slow" tracks. Plenty accessible and with plenty of humor; most tracks start from a nicely composed base and then fall apart rapidly. I've circled a few tracks, but you can't go wrong: Play them all. The album cover, btw, is a copy of Ornette Coleman's "This Is Our Music," down to the bassist (Moppa Elliott -- or Charlie Haden, in Coleman's case) giving a sarcastic look that says he's about to kick someone's ass. Could be the photographer, could be YOU. It's a hilarious cover, and an inside photo on this CD has Elliott giving that look again, but with a baseball bat in hand. Very funny stuff; the pics alone let you know where this band is coming from. Peter Evans (trumpet) Kevin Shea (drums) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (bass) 1- Swingy, catchy. Opens w/cool riff and heart-attack drums. 2- Old-timey swing. Brisk, upbeat, gets freer later. 3- Fast and slick, swingy. False start! 4- Slow (midtempo) waltz w/Spanish flare. Fast crazy solos, of course. 5- Kicks into fast soloing after a relatively laid-back start. Kind of mellow in the middle, too, before it ambushes you at the end. 6- Madcap, a touch of Spike Jones. After a totally free sax solo, lapses back into tuneful jazz. 7- Your parents' '50s swing, dissolving into fast chaos 8- Brash, brassy blues. A bit slower 9- OMG, it's Billy Joel's "Allentown," played straight up, complete with the "SHH! OOH! AAH!" effects. Ends with some goofy tweeting. Gloriously cheesy. About that last track... the liner notes read: "Jon *loves* Billy Joel. That makes the rest of us a little bit uncomfortable..." | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Drainlick | 5. | East Orwell | |||
| 2. | Two Boot Jacks | 6. | My Delightful Muse | |||
| 3. | Fagundus | 7. | Biggertown | |||
| 4. | The Bats In Belfry | 8. | Effort, Patience, Diligence | |||
| 9. | Allentown | |||||