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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2007 at 14:09
[QUOTE=Mascodagama]A proper jazz-rock recommendation:
 
 
David Fiuczynski's Headless Torsos, Amandala
 
This recording dates from 2001 but is new to me.  The band here is the Screaming Headless Torsos minus their vocalist, and consists of Fiuczynski on guitar, Fima Ephron on bass, Daniel Sadownick on percussion and drummer Gene Lake.  Being an all-instrumental recording, there's even more of Fiuczynski's guitar on display than usual.  The album is full of loose and funky grooves - the rhythm section really cooks here - over which Fiuczynski wails like a post-no-wave Hendrix.  It's actually not right to try and sum him up by reference to other guitarists, as he's a unique player with an instantly recognisable sound.  He obviously has chops to spare but does not indulge in fretw**kery - really the most impressive thing about his playing is the way he's always coming up with unexpected ideas, rarely going where you might expect.  After a couple of spins, standout tracks are Fallout Shelter (doomy and relentlessly intense, like funked-up Black Sabbath topped off with positively unearthly howling from a heavily treated guitar) and the misnamed Kiss that Whispers (Fiuczysnki makes the guitar speak in tongues whilst both percussionists throw everything that's not nailed down into the mix).  In fact there are no dull spots on the album: it just smokes throughout. 
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I strongly endorse any promotion  of David Fuze Fiuczynski - he's extra-special after he wrote and recorded a jingle for my radio show. Excellent start point is the SHT 2006 compilation Choice Cuts - but I must track down Amandala on your recommendation. Fuze is on a couple of Gongzilla albums. Did a one off with John Medeski, Lunar Crush. Check out his take on Lennon McCatney's Tomorrow Never Knows on one of those Come Together tributes - Wayne Krantz's version of the tune at the other end of the same album, is equally brilliant.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2007 at 14:31
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I strongly endorse any promotion  of David Fuze Fiuczynski - he's extra-special after he wrote and recorded a jingle for my radio show. Excellent start point is the SHT 2006 compilation Choice Cuts - but I must track down Amandala on your recommendation. Fuze is on a couple of Gongzilla albums. Did a one off with John Medeski, Lunar Crush. Check out his take on Lennon McCatney's Tomorrow Never Knows on one of those Come Together tributes - Wayne Krantz's version of the tune at the other end of the same album, is equally brilliant.
The Choice Cuts album was my first one - I think purchased after reading a review by you on Amazon, so thanks for that!  I'll certainly be checking out the other records you mention.  By the way, the only place I know of that has the Amandala album is CDBaby.com, though there could be others.
 
I notice from earlier in the thread you got the Nels Cline Singers albums, I wonder how you liked them?  I have both and listen to Instrumentals quite a bit, some excellent music there.  His brother's Alex Cline Ensemble is well worth checking out too though it's not fully in the jazz-rock bag.  


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2007 at 08:57
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:


I strongly endorse any promotion  of David Fuze Fiuczynski - he's extra-special after he wrote and recorded a jingle for my radio show. Excellent start point is the SHT 2006 compilation Choice Cuts - but I must track down Amandala on your recommendation. Fuze is on a couple of Gongzilla albums. Did a one off with John Medeski, Lunar Crush. Check out his take on Lennon McCatney's Tomorrow Never Knows on one of those Come Together tributes - Wayne Krantz's version of the tune at the other end of the same album, is equally brilliant.
The Choice Cuts album was my first one - I think purchased after reading a review by you on Amazon, so thanks for that!  I'll certainly be checking out the other records you mention.  By the way, the only place I know of that has the Amandala album is CDBaby.com, though there could be others.
 
I notice from earlier in the thread you got the Nels Cline Singers albums, I wonder how you liked them?  I have both and listen to Instrumentals quite a bit, some excellent music there.  His brother's Alex Cline Ensemble is well worth checking out too though it's not fully in the jazz-rock bag.  
 
Nice to know somebody reads those reviews in Amazon!!! BTW if you are following up on any other of my recommendations, more than happy to provide further input.
 
Henry Kaiser produced bootleg by the Cline Brothers, a live spontaneous tribute to Tony Williams Lifetime, was my first introduction (well over a decade after the album's recording), which caused me to correspond with Nels, to the end that maybe but only just maybe the recording will be legitimised by Cuneiform....... And then an interview on BBC Radio 3 with Nels Cline had me sending off for a couple of NCS albums including Instrumentals from their LA-based record label (cheap and very fast turn round on orders). NCS are very interesting left field fusion but take time to get to grips with it - it is not immediate music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2007 at 09:45
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Nice to know somebody reads those reviews in Amazon!!! BTW if you are following up on any other of my recommendations, more than happy to provide further input.
 
Henry Kaiser produced bootleg by the Cline Brothers, a live spontaneous tribute to Tony Williams Lifetime, was my first introduction (well over a decade after the album's recording), which caused me to correspond with Nels, to the end that maybe but only just maybe the recording will be legitimised by Cuneiform....... And then an interview on BBC Radio 3 with Nels Cline had me sending off for a couple of NCS albums including Instrumentals from their LA-based record label (cheap and very fast turn round on orders). NCS are very interesting left field fusion but take time to get to grips with it - it is not immediate music.
I do have a couple of your Listmania lists bookmarked for later investigation, so I may just take you up on that offer...
 
That live bootleg sounds interesting.  On the subject of tributes to Lifetime, I've a feeling you may know it already, but there's a pretty good 1994 album from the Wayne Peet Trio (Peet on organ / synth bass, G.E. Stinson guitar, Lance Lee drums) on 9 Winds called Fully Engulfed.  It's a live-in-the-studio job with some full-on playing (though there is some light and shade, they don't just go hell for leather all the way through). 
 
I do use www.indiejazz.com (I guess it's them you're referring to?) and agree they're just excellent for new left-field US jazz.  I have a package on the way at the moment in fact!
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2007 at 10:25

I'll offer another jazz-rock suggestion:

 
Anders Nilsson's Aorta, Janus
 
A 2005 recording from the Swedish quartet of Anders Nilsson (guitar), Mattias Carlson (saxes / flute), David Carlsson (bass) and Peter Nilsson (drums).  There are a couple of good reviews of the album on its page at CDBaby.com linked below so I won't elaborate too much on the music, other than to say it's excellent jazz-rock with a definitely European feel to it (one could imagine this group being on ECM). 
 
Available here (where there are reviews and useful samples):
 
or directly from the label, Kopasetic Productions in Sweden:
 
There is an earlier album by the group entilted Blood  on Kopasetic which is also good, but for my money the later album is preferable.
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2007 at 10:54
Let me introduce my latest discovery: a great polish jazz/rock band Laboratorium. I made a thread about them (http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32213) and promote their inclusion to the archives. Last year Metal Mind Productions released their Anthology 1971-1988 containing everything they ever recorded (limited edition to 1000 copies):



I bought it having never heard them before and was blown away. You can find their biography, discography and lineup here: http://metalmind.pl/index.php?dzial=artysci&id=212
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 01:42
also check out cornettist Rob Mazurek's various Chicago Underground projects (Orchestra, Duo, Trio, Quartet) on the Delmark and Thrill Jockey labels (Thrill Jockey is also home to Tortoise, Isotope 217 and some other experimental jazz acts).

He's actually more from a post-bop background but he's fully embraced the power of electronics (even released such works on labels like Mego) and the Trio and Quartet (which feat. guitarist Jeff Parker) albums explore fusing rock and electronic textures with bop-based jazz.....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 05:50
the Laboratorium collection looks very good....yes i shall look into ordering that..........
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 05:58
..if i can find it...and omigod its 10 cds hahaha maybe i spoke too soon!!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 08:27
Originally posted by superprog superprog wrote:

also check out cornettist Rob Mazurek's various Chicago Underground projects (Orchestra, Duo, Trio, Quartet) on the Delmark and Thrill Jockey labels (Thrill Jockey is also home to Tortoise, Isotope 217 and some other experimental jazz acts).

He's actually more from a post-bop background but he's fully embraced the power of electronics (even released such works on labels like Mego) and the Trio and Quartet (which feat. guitarist Jeff Parker) albums explore fusing rock and electronic textures with bop-based jazz.....

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This sounds interesting, thanks.  I'll check it out.  Any particular recordings you would suggest as a starting point?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 08:35
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Let me introduce my latest discovery: a great polish jazz/rock band Laboratorium. I made a thread about them (http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32213) and promote their inclusion to the archives. Last year Metal Mind Productions released their Anthology 1971-1988 containing everything they ever recorded (limited edition to 1000 copies):

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I bought it having never heard them before and was blown away. You can find their biography, discography and lineup here: http://metalmind.pl/index.php?dzial=artysci&id=212
I'm intrigued - shame the record label doesn't have any streams...
 
Do you know if they have any records in print?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 08:55
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Do you know if they have any records in print?


The Anthology of course. Besides that they issued only three of their albums on CD before: Modern Pentathlon, Quasimodo and Anatomy Lesson. I highly recommend especially the first two (you can see them in my sig).


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 09:40
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Do you know if they have any records in print?


The Anthology of course. Besides that they issued only three of their albums on CD before: Modern Pentathlon, Quasimodo and Anatomy Lesson. I highly recommend especially the first two (you can see them in my sig).
The Anthology is quite an investment!  I'll look out for the individual albums you mention though, thanks.
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

The Anthology is quite an investment!


Yes it is. But it's worth it. Big smile You get all their albums (studio and live) with a lot of bonus material plus a CD with previously unreleased material. 10 CDs!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 11:27
Hi there, MascodagamaSmile

Do try em out:

Chicago Underground Trio - Flamethrower (Delmark)
Chicago Underground Quartet - s/t (Thrill Jockey)

Chicago Underground Duo's (Mazurek & drummer Chad Taylor both on a variety of instruments & electronics) album Axis & Alignment (Thrill Jockey) is also worth getting...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2007 at 13:06
Originally posted by superprog superprog wrote:

Hi there, MascodagamaSmile

Do try em out:

Chicago Underground Trio - Flamethrower (Delmark)
Chicago Underground Quartet - s/t (Thrill Jockey)

Chicago Underground Duo's (Mazurek & drummer Chad Taylor both on a variety of instruments & electronics) album Axis & Alignment (Thrill Jockey) is also worth getting...


happy tryin!!!
 
I checked out some reviews on-line and ordered Flamethrower - sounds like my kind of thing Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 00:51
thats great man!!!

judging by one of yr previous posts recommending Afric Pepperbird ( i have that too) and other albums i thought you might like the Chicago-school.  Their roots are not so much in jazzrock but more in the Art Ensemble of Chicago/Sun-Ra mold of composed/improvised jazz. Hey, but its thru them (incl Tortoise and Isotope 217) that i first discovered Weather Report, Miles and other jazz rock........

that said, anyone who likes jazzrockfusion should be able to like the Chicago Underground Trio and Quartet albums..........
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 00:37
just got my copy of Laboratorium's Modern Pentathlon cd reissue.  Freekin awesome!!!  The way they use the electronics reminds me a little of Herbie Hancock's Sextant but in all this is pretty original and unique stuff.  Brilliant!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2007 at 03:34
2 records i recently acquired that jazzrock folks might also be interested in:

Mandarin Movie - s/t (Aesthetics)

Good ol' Rob Mazurek's Mandarin Movie project is a headspinning dip into the deep dark waters of electro noise and extreme metal aesthetics.......guaranteed to crush!!!

Shining - In The Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (Rune Grammofon)

This album is released on the same label which hosts almighty Supersilent.  Shining's previous albums were pretty much acoustic jazz-based works but this latest album sees them going all-out avant prog.  Thrilling stuff!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2007 at 04:57
Just got a copy of Hectic Watermelon's The Great American Road Show in from the US - great music, which slides back and forth across the straighter prog rock and jazz rock boundaries - Jerry Goodman's violin adding to those uncertainties.
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