05/09/08
BROOKES COMPANY
PATTI ROTHBERG/Double Standards: An act that’s been on the sidelines at the top, Rothberg has been career long hobbled by never seeming to be fish nor fowl in the public eye. Even hanging out with the wrong crowd, she still seemed to be a nice Jewish girl and fell into the cracks as such. Perhaps a little too long in the tooth to be hanging out with thise gang and still appeal to the kids, Rothberg takes advantage of the deconstruction of everything, let’s her Patti Smith side run wild and free and maybe hit’s a homer for pissed off middle class chicks everywhere. Quite a wild, sassy ride that might find her to be hitting her stride after being ahead of her time for too long.
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MARK PUCCI MEDIA
HEYBALE!/The Last Country Album: We have a ton of indy albums with Earl Ball wearing various hats in various disguises, all of fairly recent vintage. Surrounded by like minded old pros that still play like kids with the wisdom of the ages at their beck and call, this is simply a killer honky tonk album that would have Hank Thompson smiling right about now. Need something to inspire you to crack open a cold longneck? Time’s a wasting if you don’t have this surging through the player of your choice. First class throughout and a flat out good time.
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NEW ARTISTS
JESSICA JONES QUARTET/Word: If you’ve got a retro dose of hipster running through your blood and the Hip-O Select reissues of Ken Nordine piss you off because you can’t wear out the grooves as a showing for your hipster merit badge, have we got a new date for you. Jones is no hipster come lately but no 50s retread either. Mixing up the classic jazz and poetry vibe, this is stuff you need to listen to in a basement with some spiked espresso brewing nearby. Almost theater as much as music, playing this on your headphones with your eyes closed with bring out some atavistic jonesing for a cool chick in black leotards. Or, maybe it’s you in your mind’s eye. If this doesn’t turn up on Dusty Groove’s home page soon, all is not right with the world.
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TWO FOR THE SHOW MEDIA
SALONGO: Trumpeter Eddie Allen unleashes a load of Afro-Carib cool with this high octane set that has echoes of Mongo, the beat of Brazil and modern lights like Roy Hargrove when he’s really on point. With a lot of wind leading the way in fine style, this is a bouncy, party record with a lot of drive that is sure to accent any urban or urban flavored gathering. With some solid jazz chops at the core, this is a fine find for contemporary jazzbos on the hunt for something new.
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OLEG KIREYEV/Mandala: This Russian cat has been a genre splicer for quite a while now and he has the chops to chop it down and build it all right back up properly. A tasty world amalgam of stuff from his native territory as well as other grounds he’s traveled, this is wide open jazzy world beat date with so many other accents in the mix it’s better to sit down and enjoy it rather than analyze it, particularly if this is your glass of tea. Check it out particularly if you ride the progressive world beat tip.
1162 (Jazzheads)
Volume 31/Number 191
May 9, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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