History Of Jazz In Reverse

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Jazz | Oct 2011

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Fo
Reviewed 2011-10-30
F.A.B. TRIO: History of Jazz in Reverse
TUM Records, 2011

FREE JAZZ – Outstanding, grooving improvisations featuring exotic, soulful violin scribblings from the late Billy Bang, pressure-cooker drumming by Barry Altschul and rock-solid bass work from Joe Fonda. They play in and out of the pocket with great urgency and verve: this should grab fans of avant and “normal” jazz equally. The longer tracks fly right by and the shorter ones have amazing depth. Just great stuff!

Fo’s Picks: Go for any track.

1. 15:43 – long, turbulent intro, violin has an eastern sound, strong bass solo, second half rolls with an uptempo walking groove, hot drum break
2. 9:49 – 1st half: plucked strings, perc accents; 2nd half: hard striding groove
3. 5:26 – quiet solemnity: drums swirl around sweet, stately violin, calm bass
4. 8:08 – solo drums rise up, then speedy freebop drive; shredding violin solo!
5. 7:09 – so nice: classic Cuban tune gets a wonderful, dreamlike treatment
6. 8:03 – calm trio improv, slides into a nice bluesy walking groove
7. 6:06 – sweet violin weaves delicately through steady pendulum rhythm
8. 5:05 – a marching, second-line feel: serious, jabbing violin, funky bass solo

[ Fo ] - October 2011

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Track listing

1. Homeward Bound
2. Implications
3. For Bea
4. From Here To There
5. Chan Chan
6. History Of Jazz In Reverse
7. One For Don Cherry
8. From The Waters Of New Orleans