Dec 6 2016
These are videos that I like: Sloth Racket at Lume and Distorted Rectangle at Sakedelic Space Shuyukan
We’ve got two videos for you today, both from bands that will be featured in the latest This Is Jazz Today recommendations column hittin this site later today.
The first video is from the quintet Sloth Racket performing the song “Crossed Swords,” which is the opening track to their debut Triptych. This April 2015 show went down at the London venue Lume.
Your video personnel: Cath Roberts (baritone sax), Sam Andreae (tenor sax), Anton Hunter (guitar), Seth Bennett (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums).
And if you don’t feel like waiting for today’s column and want to buy this album right now, you can scoop it up (and listen to more of it) at the artist’s Bandcamp page.
Akano Shibahito is a saxophonist out of Japan. He’s in a free jazz quartet (two saxophonists; two drummers) called Avant-Garde Labor Union. We’ll be covering their 2016 release Cosmic Tube and Infinite Skin later today. This particular video appears to be from an outfit he belongs to called Distorted Rectangle. I can’t find any information about the band, but this video appears to be from a 2016 performance at Sakedelic Space Shuyukan. It definitely lands in the same territory as Avant-Garde Labor Union. Nothing but fire.
And if you don’t feel like waiting for that column to post and just want to buy the album right now, you can scoop it up (and listen to more of it) at the artist’s Bandcamp page.
Dec 6 2016
This Is Jazz Today: Tunnel Six, Sloth Racket, Amaro Freitas, Avant-garde Labor Union and Stuart McCallum-Mike Walker
Tunnel Six – journeys, places, stories (Self-Produced)
Your album personnel: Chad McCullough (trumpet), Ben Dietschi (saxophones), Brian Seligman (guitar), Andrew Oliver (piano), Jesse Dietschi (bass), Tyson Stubelek (drums) and guests: Casey Nielsen (guitar) and Regina Harris Baiocchi (spoken word poetry).
Artist site | Listen | Buy: Bandcamp – Amazon
Sloth Racket – Triptych (Luminous Label)
Your album personnel: Cath Roberts (baritone sax), Sam Andreae (tenor sax), Anton Hunter (guitar), Seth Bennett (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums).
Artist site | Listen | Buy: Bandcamp
Amaro Freitas – Sangue Negro (Tratore)
Your album personnel: Amaro Freitas (piano), Jean Elton (bass), Hugo Medeiros (drums) and guests: Eliudo Souza (sax) and Fabinho Costa (trumpet).
Artist site | Listen | Buy: Bandcamp – Amazon – eMusic
Avant-garde Labor Union – Cosmic Tube and Infinite Skin (Miare Music)
Your album personnel: Akano Shibahito, Mano Kazuhiko (saxophones) and Miyazaki Yasunori, Miki Isamu (drums)
Artist site | Listen | Buy: Bandcamp
Stuart McCallum & Mike Walker – The Space Between (Edition Records)
Your album personnel: Stuart McCallum (acoustic guitar), Mike Walker (electric guitar) and guests: Laura Senior, Gemma South (violins), Lucy Nolan (viola) and Peggy Nolan (cello).
Artist site | Listen | Buy: Bandcamp – Amazon
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