JIM VINER’S INCREDIBLE B3 BAND - COMANGO!
Sweet Hammond grooves from a combo led by drummer Jim
Viner – a player you may know from the Diplomats Of Solid Sound, some of whom
join Jim on the set! As you'd guess from the group's name, the record's awash
in sounds from the legendary B3 – shimmering organ lines that are somewhere
between deep funk and soul jazz – served up in an all-instrumental mode that
lets the Hammond have plenty of "voice" throughout! The vibe is
somewhere between 60s Stax and Prestige Records – with a feel that's similar to
early work from Sugarman Three – and titles include "Comango",
"Forty Twenty", "Azucar Blanco", "Smokey
Johnson", "Cutlass Supreme", "Chicken Tickin",
"Borracho No No", and "California Don". Dusty Groove
SONNY
SHARROCK – ASK THE AGES
Ask The
Ages - The classic definer. Guitarist Sonny Sharrock wasn't just ahead of his
time, like a freight train roaring through a darkened station, not just hours
but weeks ahead of schedule. Channeling the energy and spirit of John
Coltrane...with the support of two undisputed icons of free jazz and the
avant-garde, legendary Coltrane-drummer Elvin Jones and saxophonist Pharoah
Sanders with Charnett Moffett on bass. Absolutely an exploration of the
stratosphere and beyond. Enhanced and re-mastered from the original. Produced
by Bill Laswell - who upon emerging from the downtown NYC scene as a producer
and bassist to be reckoned with, made it one of his first priorities to find
Sharrock who he first heard at age fourteen...Ask The Ages.
MASAHIRO
SHIMBA / BILL LASWELL - DUBOPERA
A unique
fusion of classic opera mixed with contemporary dub set in a progressive,
futuristic, rhythmic environment. Masahiro Shimba is a leading Japanese opera
singer, based in Milano and Tokyo. The tenor is the first Japanese artist to
receive the "Maria Callas Award" from the International Maria Callas
Foundation. He is highly evaluated by the Italian classical/opera world, has
performed as a soloist at the Royal Opera Canada, Teramo City Theater, Lincoln
Center (NY), Dal Verme Theater (Milano), Verdi Conservatory Puccini Hall
(Milano), St. Paul's Outside the Walls (Vatican City/Rome) with Orchestra Sinfonica
G. Rossini conducted by Daniele Agiman and more.
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