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Words On The Floor Smalltown Superjazz STSJ-114 CD £10.99 Duo set from eviscerating European free-punk saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Yoshimi of The Boredoms with a great avant-prog feel that is somewhere between Joan La Barbara, Univers Zero, Jeanne Lee/Jimmy Lyons and those early Amy Sheffer discs. Which means it works a whole other form of subtle magic than you might expect from the previous lung-feats of these too. Not to say that at points they don't tear each other heads off and dribble down their throats. It's just that between there and here there's a whole lot of evocative mystery that is pitched towards the more liminal vectors of your brain, resulting in long passages of sustained, barely-there eeriness. Which is more than great. Gustafsson plays slide sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, alto fluteophone and electronics, Yoshimi plays voice and electronics. |
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The Point In A Line Smalltown Superjazz STSJ-142 CD £10.99 New trio recordings from Ken Vandermark on clarinet, Havard Wiik on piano and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on doublebass that conjure the spirit of Jimmy Giuffre’s legdnary 60s trio with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow. Recorded in Chicago by Jason Ward, post-production by Ward, Vandermark and Bob Weston of Shellac. |
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Tomorrow Came Today Smalltown Superjazz STSJ-148 CD £12.99 Fantastic duo CD from original fire music saxophonist Joe McPhee and tireless European drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Recorded in the studio in 2007, McPhee plays tenor sax and pocket trumpet while Nilssen-Love plays drums. McPhee is on staggering form, blowing beautiful Coltrane/Wright-inflected rundowns, sighing through melancholy blues dirges and tearing it up with a ferocious, muscular style. A fantastic release. |
