04/08/08
GO MEDIA
POOLPLAYERS/Way Below the Surface: Dandy dose of Euro next wave progressive music finds a bunch of Euro underground hitters joining together mixing up their electronics and other vibes into a gumbo that’s certainly off to the left. A wild but low key fusion of so much different ground that you‘ll be tempted to play this when you are at your most offbeat. Chill has gone someplace else altogether.
1569 (Songlines)
LOTOS NILE
CAROLINE HERRING/Lantana: Southern gothic scoped into the present and filtered through taking a few years off to raise the young ‘uns make this the set you didn’t think Herring even thought she had in her. Ostensibly a folkie outing, this is one of those class by itself recordings that make the artist move onto that next plain where they are frequently referred to in hushed tones. Certainly one of the meatier folk flavored sets to come along in a while, Herring is going to take you through the fun house mirror to the other side as this transplanted Austinite serves up audio you think you’ve only heard in dreams.
2010 (Signature Sounds)
TELARC
STANTON MOORE TRIO/Emphasis on Parenthesis: A hard hitting drummer with so many side projects that it’s almost impossible to think that this side project has actually gelled in to a trio. Bringing along his Nawlins baggage as well as his funky and beyond side projects, this proves once again that when you do it for yourself, you really put that something extra into it. With it’s experimental edge in tact, his music continues to use jazz as a jumping off point for points that are well beyond. Solid, hard working, creative jazz that goes the distance.
83681
TERRI HINTE PUBLIC RELATIONS
BOBBY BROOM/The Way I Play-Live in Chicago: We’re always jingoistic enough to champion one of our locals and Broom once again makes it all too easy. Coming live and direct from Pete Miller’s Evanston location, the years of making that his home base makes for this to be a comfortable outing that cooks. The kind of stuff that makes upscale stake and scotch taste even better as it percolates in the background, Broom and company carry on the tradition of killer, first class club jazz that delivers the intimacy that no concert hall can deliver as well as being the vibe that brought you into the tent in the first place. You know most of the songs by heart, but they have a smart new spin throughout.
82504 (Origin)
Volume 31/Number 160
April 8, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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