NEW RELEASE BY LE GRAND SBAM

 Le Grand Sbam will release the new album on December 11.
"Furvent".
On vinyl and on CD.

Right up my alley.

ABRACADABRA IN OSAKA

 
Soft Works = Elton Dean, Allan Holdsworth, Hugh Hopper and John Marshall

"Abracadabra In Osaka" got recorded on August 11, 2003

Read the interview with Leonardo Pavkovic from Moonjune Records:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/leonardo-pavkovic-nothing-is-ordinary-leonardo-pavkovic-by-chris-m-slawecki.php

STANDARD DEFINITION

Standard Definition = Julie Slick, Eric Slick & Brian Davis

"To Live"
Bandcamp release, also available on CDR :

INSPECTED BY 13 - COWBOY

• inspected by 13: cowboy
      (2020, usa, cd, private release) 

Philo Munny and Brett Spivey are Inspected By 13. 
They have just released "Cowboy", their brand-new album that also features Claude Coleman Jr. (Ween!!) on drums on several tracks.

"Cowboy" presents 13 tracks and the album cover already gives it away: this is not for the faint hearted.
Powerful, energetic and sharp.
Dark, avant-garde rock, if someone would need to label it.

A fascinating album. Fierce drumming, but also field recordings, and this strange narrator voice.
I definitely need to listen to this again. A couple of times.

The album will be available in a limited edition of 113 copies, so don't wait too long if you want to have this as a Xmas present.

Below track might give you an idea. Or not.
But do check them out on Bandcamp : https://inspectedby13.bandcamp.com/
where you will also find the "Cowboy" album soon.

JAZZ IS DEAD - GREAT SKY RIVER

• jazz is dead: great sky river
      (2001, cd, usa, zebra records)

US rock / fusion band Jazz Is Dead put the focus on 'Dead', as in 'Grateful Dead'.
The quartet recorded fusion versions of Grateful Dead tunes featuring Alphonso Johnson on bass, Rod Morgenstein on drums, Jimmy Herring on guitar and T.Lavitz on keyboards. On this recording anyway.

I'm no Deadhead myself, so I'm not familiar with (all of) the original tunes, but this album sounds awesome.
The 17-minute version of 'Terrapin Station' might just be the highlight of this album. Or is that because the original album was my first encounter with the Grateful Dead ?

Check it out.

Recommended listening.

This live YouTube video has Billy Cobham on drums !

DWIKI SHARMAWAN - HARI KETIGA

 

• dwiki dharmawan: hari ketiga
      (2020, 2cd, usa, moonjune)

May 2017, Indonesian piano and keyboard player Dwiki Dharmawan took part in an improvisational session that also featured Boris Savoldelli (vocals), Markus Reuter (touch guitar) and Asaf Sirkis (percussion). Afterwards, parts of these improvisations were edited into backing tracks (by Leonardo Pavkovic) after which Boris Savoldelli added extra layers of vocals, resulting in a storyline involving the destiny of planet earth.
Finally, Dwiki Dharmawan added some field recordings for yet another layer of sound.

Amazingly, the final recording does not show how this album was put together. It all fits perfectly.
The result is an engaging story, both in music and in words.

Recommended listening.

Out on Moonjune records.
You can check the album out on Bandcamp :

PRODUCER MICHAEL FRANKLIN'S TRIBUTE TO JOHN LENNON

 
From GlassOnyon PR

Producer Michael Franklin Shares New Tribute To John Lennon

A Few Words About “John Lennon: A Day In His Life” by Gregory Paul Martin - Son of The Beatles Producer Sir George Martin

People from all walks of life have been affected by the music of The Beatles. They gave the world inspiration and happiness in almost everything they did. On October 9, the 80th anniversary of his birth, a new music video will be released honoring John Lennon – “John Lennon: A Day In His Life”, Grammy- nominated American producer, Michael Franklin, and Beatles animator, Alvaro Ortega teaming up to create it.

The spark of Lennon’s tribute began when Franklin awoke from a dream in which he dreamt of the Lennon song, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” while hearing John’s voice singing “A Day In The Life”. Amazed by the similarity between the two songs’ chord sequences and lyrics, Franklin hurriedly put this combination to the piano, the next night, another similar dream awakening him again – this time the baroque piano solo bridge sped up to sound like a harpsichord dashed off by my father, Sir George Martin, for John’s song, “In My Life” from Rubber Soul while The Beatles were on a lunch break.

“John Lennon: A Day In His Life” is Franklin’s montage of some of the most memorable moments we love from The Beatles songs, John’s vocals superimposed over a cleverly stitched together visual collage, the tribute based on an original score from the “Sergeant Pepper” album.

Franklin said, “I realized the same chord progressions are in ‘Eleanor Rigby’, as well as other Beatles songs. It was quite a surprise, and I couldn’t stop thinking about what The Beatles did. I dove right in, exploring other Beatles song bites. The music production took about three weeks to research, edit, and arrange.”

After completion of the tribute track, it was time to synchronize the video. Franklin had been aware of Ortega’s unique animations of The Beatles for several years, skillfully editing on his laptop previous bit and pieces of Ortega’s work, demonstrating to him what could be done, reaching out to Ortega in Spain, Ortega happily agreeing, the rest now history.

PIERRE VERVLOESEM HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

• pierre vervloesem: saint-guy
      (2020, download, --, bandcamp)

I don't have a clue where Pierre gets his inspiration but one month after his "Haines" album, he's back with something completely different.
"Saint-Guy" combines crazy melodies and sounds with unusual rhythms.

Maybe the name comes from La Danse de Saint-Guy (also known as the St.Vitus dance) :
a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet.

Check it out on Bandcamp, and dance to it !

SNARKY PUPPY - IMMIGRANCE EXTRAS

The Immigrance Extras LP features six of Snarky Puppy's digital-only released tracks from the Immigrance recording session;

NEW RELEASE FROM ANDREAS SCHAERER

New release from Andreas Schaerer with Luciano Biondini, Kalle Kalima & Lucas Niggli :