― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 26 May 2003 09:43 (twenty years ago) link
i thini i like that he is prepared to try risky projects which risk being super-lame but have the potential to explode into something completely out of nowhere
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 26 May 2003 10:34 (twenty years ago) link
― duane, Monday, 26 May 2003 21:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 10:52 (twenty years ago) link
the Decoding Soc do stuff melodically and rhythmically I still don't think I heard anywhere else ever, before or since (not necessarily difficult or out-there stuff, just stuff that is totally THEIR signature)
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 10:56 (twenty years ago) link
yeah I dug that review out: they are called 'live in greenwich' and 'live in warsaw'.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 11:00 (twenty years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 11:08 (twenty years ago) link
A little-known RSJ side project I enjoy a lot is Power Tools, a trio with Bill Frisell and Melvin Gibbs. Jackson actually seems a bit like a bull in a china shop during parts of this, but Frisell should play with bulls more often. Anyhow, some nice tunes, some impressively noisy improvs, and RSJ sings "Unchained Melody"!
Also, don't sleep on Last Exit, about which I think there's been another thread somewhere.
― Lee G (Lee G), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 17:06 (twenty years ago) link
MandanceBarbecue DogDecode YourselfWhen Colors Play
(I will now make similar posts on the Sharrock and Ulmer threads.)
― chuck, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 23:14 (twenty years ago) link
MandanceWhen Colors PlayBarbeque DogRed Warrior
Red Warrior is the most Laswell-y, groova- boomalicious of the set (with wanko metalist Stevie Salas), but I thought the compositions were lean and tight. Plus, I always remember dancing w/ my dog to it (sadly, not barbequed).
When Colours Play was on that great Ornette label that came and died, as I recall -- Caravan of Dreams? Great record.
Guy's kind of like your jazzman's version of Ginger Baker (which Ginger Baker decidedly wasn't when he "went jazz").
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
RIP
― Victor Immature (WilliamC), Saturday, 19 October 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link