GAROTAS SUECAS - FERAS MITICAS
A contemporary
group from Brazil, but one who've got a quirky ear for song styles that takes
us back to some of our favorite artists of the 70s! Garotas Suecas work in a
style that's a bit post-Tropicalia – almost like some of Tom Ze's music of
those years, but maybe not as all-out wild – fused perhaps with a sense of the
songwriting strengths of Caetano Veloso in his later years. Yet the work also
has a contemporary vibe that's definitely the group's own, too – a sense of
spirit that really marks these guys as a group to watch, already even more
exciting on this second album than their first. Titles include "New
Country", "Bucolismo", "Manchetes Da Solidao", "A
Nuvem", "Bicho", and "Charles Chacal". ~ Dusty Groove
DAVE SPECTER - MESSAGE IN BLUE
Dave
Specter is a blues guitarist with a long legacy on the Chicago scene – but on
this album he also gets some help from windy city soul legend Otis Clay! Otis
only sings on three of the album's thirteen tracks – but the setting with
Specter really helps Clay find one of his strongest showcases in years – a
tight, punched-up groove that brings us back to some of his overlooked work
from the 80s – great sounds in a mix of deep soul and blues. Other tracks
feature a mostly instrumental mode – save for a few vocals from Brother John
Kattke, who also plays organ and Fender Rhodes on the record – and titles
include "I Found A Love", "Chicago Style", "New West
Side Stroll", "Got To Find A Way", "This Time I'm Gone For
Good", "Opus De Swamp", and "The Spectifyin
Samba". © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove,
Inc.
BARRY GUY NEW ORCHESTRA - AMPHI: RADIO RONDO
ATwo
great large group works from bassist Barry Guy – both with the sort of
individual qualities we love in his music with the London Jazz Composers
Orchestra! The players here are from a wider range of European sources, and all
work together as a whole, but get plenty of space for personal expression –
tones and voices that are initially most strong from the bass of Guy and violin
of Maya Homburger – but which evolve to include Evan Parker and Mats Gustafsson
on saxes, Hans Koch on bass clarinet, Johannes Bauer on trombone, and Paul
Lytton and Raymond Strid on percussion. "Amphi" is a long work that
begins with a more careful sense of presence – but "Radio Rondo"
rolls in with much greater group force, and continues boldly for nearly 30
minutes. ~ Dusty Groove
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