GOLDEN
DAWN ARKESTRA – GOLDEN DAWN ARKESTRA EP
Wonderful
work from this fuzzy, funky group – a project headed by Topaz McGarrigle, who
released some great records as Topaz over the years – working here with the
excellent Golden Dawn Arkestra! This set draws inspiration from fuzzy rock as
well as funk – but there's also some unusual exotic elements at play, too – as
befits the cover image – slight traces of cosmic energy that help keep things
interesting – especially on the keyboards and acoustic percussion. Adrian
Quesada, of Ocote Soul Sounds, Brownout and Brown Sabbath contributed a bit in the
studio, and titles include "Selemat", "Saharan Knights",
"Oasis", "Dimensions", and "Afropocalypse". ~ Dusty Groove
THELONIOUS
MONK – GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOLUME ONE
A great
collection of Thelonious Monk's 10" recordings for Blue Note – seminal not
only for the label's commitment to a modernist bop ideal, but also for Monk's
integration in the growing collection of top-level jazz players on the New York
scene. The work's notable also for the fact that Monk's playing in group
settings – not trio ones – and here, his early writing for and interplay with
saxes and trumpet would certainly have a strong effect on the development of
modern jazz in the 50s. Titles on this first volume include "Round
Midnight", "In Walked Bud", "Thelonious",
"Epistrophy", "Misterioso", "Well You Needn't",
and "Off Minor". ~ Dusty Groove
HIROSHI FUKUMURA - LIVE FIRST FLIGHT
A great
live date from one of our favorite trombonists of the 70s – a really unusual
player who made some great personal strides on the instrument with records like
these! The session's a live one, with a very open feel – long, flowing tracks
that are similar to the sorts you'd hear from a Japanese piano trio of the
time, but played with a stronger focus on Hirosi Fukumura's well-blown solos –
often constructed more like trumpet lines, with a fantastically gritty,
growling voice on the instrument – but one that has a lot of lyrical power too.
The rest of the quartet features Hiroshi Tamura on piano, Tsutomu Okada on
bass, and Shinji Mori on drums – and titles include "Nancy",
"Mother Some Place", "Waltz For M", and "The Shadow Of
Your Smile". (SHM-CD pressing! Part of the Deep Jazz Reality series.) ~ Dusty Groove
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