MARTY PAICH
BIG BAND – I GET A BOOT OUT OF YOU
Sparkling
work from arranger Marty Paich – one of our favorite large group talents of the
50s! The album definitely gets a boot out of us – not just for its sexy,
shower-situated cover on the front – but also for its great approach to the
music, penned here by Paich in ways that really let some of the key players
step out and do their thing! The group is large, but always swinging – and
players include Art Pepper and Bill Perkins on saxes, Conte Candoli and Jack
Sheldon on trumpets, Bob Enevoldsen on trombone, and Victor Feldman on vibes –
and tracks include "No More", "Moanin", "Warm
Valley", "What Am I Here For", "Violets For Your
Furs", and "It Don't Mean A Thing". (SHM-CD pressing!) ~ Dusty
Groove
JAZZTRONICK –
ALOHA EXOTICA
Jazztronik
step out here in a whole new direction – offering up their version of the
classic exotica sound of the late 50s – along with help from a few of their
contemporaries too! Some of the songs are numbers you'll recognize from the
postwar years, and the versions here are nicely extrapolated with a
contemporary spirit – a bit like the way that Jazztronik can do with older jazz
and Brazilian modes, and push them into a 21st Century setting. The approach is
less slavishly retro than on other projects of this sort – which makes the
whole thing come across very nicely – and titles include "Adventures In
Paradise", "Akaka Falls", and "Sway It Hula Girl" by
Jazztronik; "Jungle Flower", "I'll Remember You", and
"Poinciana" by Gene Tamura; and "Quiet Village",
"Beyond The Reef", and "Blue Hawaii" by Toshiyuki
Yasuda. ~ Dusty Groove
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MATO –
HOLLYWOOD DUB
Maybe the
coolest record we've ever heard from Mato – one that really moves past some of
the dubby hip hop styles of his previous albums, by taking on a whole host of
classic film scores from the 70s! The music builds beautifully from songs you'd
know from action films, blacksploitation thrillers, and westerns – music
originally penned by folks like Lalo Schifrin, Nino Rota, Roy Ayers, Marvin
Gaye, Dave Grusin, and others – reworked as instrumentals with a Jamaican dub
vibe, but a crisp contemporary twist overall! Titles include "Shaft
Dub", "Coffy Is The Color Dub", "T Stands For Trouble
Dub", "Enter The Dragon Dub", "Imperial March Dub",
"Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Dub", "Psycho Dub", and
"Condor Dub". ~ Dusty Groove
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