Gary Thomas, Christy Doran, Mark Helias, Bobby Previte • Corporate Art

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This quartet date by guitarist Christy Doran, bassist Mark Helias, drummer Bobby Previte, and saxophonist Gary Thomas may have been recorded in Europe by Stefan Winter, but its feel is utterly New York. Doran's playing is far more on the jazz-rock than avant tip here, giving the entire proceeding a feeling of that beautiful, edgy walk between composition and improvisation. Thomas -- normally an outside player -- reins himself in as a soloist in order to focus on the sometimes wondrous ensemble playing at the heart of the disc. Each member of the band writes on this set and it's obvious that the groove comes from within. It's knotty, sometimes intense, and often complex, such as on the opener "Blood Sugar," and on Doran's "Heitere Gelassenheit," where staggered arpeggios intersect with scalar riffs to form a kind of contrapuntal melody line. But there are wonderfully elegiac and gently swinging tunes as well, such as the flute-driven swing in Thomas' "Chiaroscuro" or the languid tempos of Helias' "21" and "Bass Minotaur." Helias also offers a jazz-funk workout with "Skin," with furious basslines driving riffed-up guitars and a bleating saxophone that stays in the pocket. The album closes with Previte's beautiful nocturne "Theme for W.," where Thomas and Doran weave around one another slowly and purposefully to erect a floating melody that seems to float and hover while actually moving toward a complex harmonic architecture with a controlled dynamic.
AMG

1. Blood Sugar 360 Degrees
(Bobby Previte)

2. 21
 (Mark Helias)

3. Mutations
 (Christy Doran)

4. Skin
 (Mark Helias)

5. Chiaroscuro
 (Gary Thomas)

6. Heit Ere Gel As Sen Heit
 (Christy Doran)

7. Bass Minotaur
 (Mark Helias)

8. The Same But Different
 (Christy Doran)

9. Theme For W.
 (Bobby Previte)


 
Gary Thomas • Tenor Saxophone, Flute

Christy Doran  • Electric Guitar
Electric Bass • Mark Helias
Bobby Previte • Drums

Engineered by Adrian Von Ripka
Produced by Stefan F. Winter

Label: JMT Productions – 849 155-2
Format: 320
Country: Germany
Released: 1991
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz

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F. Robert Lloyd ‎• Think About Brooklyn

1. Blind Willie

2. Daly Day

3. Corkscrew Swamp Road

4. Waltzing Kate

5. Lullaby You

6. Bloody Buddy Rumba

7. Four Lives In A Day Suite

8. Proverbs From Hell

9.True Man Coyote

10. La Femme Bachir

11 .Brooklyn Fuss

12. Crossroads

13. Hellhound On My Trail

14. I Want To Drink It Straight

15. Tribute To Sun Ra

F. Robert Lloyd • guitars, words, voice

Sonny Sharrock • guitar, voice (2 to 9, 11, 14, 15)

Jean Touitou • Wurlitzer, Tibetan bells (5,8,14)

Bill Laswell • bass, fretless bass, bowed bass,

guitar sitar, percussion (1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Gregoire Garrigues • Bass (1 to 9, 11, 14, 15)

Anton Fier • Drums (1 to 7, 9 to 11, 14)

Recorded in seven days at Greenpoint Studio,
Brooklyn, New York

Recorded by Oz Fritz for Hish Velocity

Mixed by F. Robert Lloyd, Gregoire Garrigues,
Jean Touitou, Oz Fritz

Produced by A.P.C.

Format: 320

Country: France

Released: 1993

Genre: Jazz, Rock

Style: Blues Rock, Contemporary Jazz

RBE • Chilla Jones vs Danny Myers

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