In which a Seshjawn originator returns before the Summer fades and contributes 2! selections to an excellent playlist.
Matt – Carlo Gesualdo – “Madrigals, Book 6 (Excerpts) : No. 17, Moro, lasso, al mio duolo” – Over 400 years old. Wild and haunting. It sounds like they are in a cave, or a church. I like the echoing arrangement effects and it is incredibly modern sounding. Nawi joins mid-song totally nails that it is in fact Gesualdo but decides its “too Modern” – not for Gesualdo. A racy history of Chromaticism and Murder for Gesualdo!
Molly Drake – “I Remember” – Nick’s Mom! Very Tom Waits Closing Time song vibe. Crazy ending with a spare, pointillistic non-Cadenza. These recordings are from the 50’s but stylistically feel 40 years older, early 20th Century ballads and piano fantasies. It being her own composition and lyrics is really compelling, beauteous voice too.
Bart – One of Bart’s “can only play once every eon” tunes. It feels like a Don Cherry type of thing, roaming multi-kulti, possibly played on a bottle and it has the Spirit in it. The pianist is crisp and playing in the tradition, swinging against the ostinati. Maybe Billy Higgins playing a rhythmic string instrument? Yusef Lateef (playing a “Chinese Globular Flute” or “Xun”) – “Plum Blossom” Bart rightly points out that Yusef was one of the earliest investigators of other cultures in Jazz music, this 1961 recording from the Eastern Sounds record attests to that.
Dan – Baby Face Willette – “Whatever Lola Wants” – This song is sweating! I love Grant Green, especially when he just riffs on the same lick in the middle of this solo and keeps digging into whatever sound he is transfixed by. The vibrancy of his tone, his bounce and how he cuts right through the thickness of the organ. Also the tune itself is amazing, a weird Pop tune that fits perfectly for the Organ combo setting.
Nawi – Iconic slashing guitar intro. PJ Harvey. She always has some rugged guitar sounds – very Diner Chrome with a Death Rattle. And she is raw herself. Yet as violent as some of the sounds are she is always layering great melodies throughout the song. This is from the collaboration album with John Parrish – one of my favorites!
Travis – Some grooving South East Asian Rock. I’m not sure who but I have a few recordings of this nature. The coolest being a DVD called “Ghosts of Isan” which during a Phallic Totems/Rice Whiskey/Ghost Mask celebration. Good Times! Flatbed trucks are loaded with musicians & amps and they are rolling around jamming like Jimi Hendrix’s back up band thru the streets. Dirty, distorted, cathartic jams. Khun Narin – Lam Phu Thai #2
Found Sounds 