Search results for "Bill Laswell"
Bill Laswell: Lost Roads (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 19, 08The personnel of this 1988 recording is impressive, but also a bit ominous … as promising as a bad day at the United ...
Bill Laswell: Lost Roads (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 20, 08Bill Laswell is deservedly renowned as a musician and as a producer of some of the most diverse material you will lik...
Bill Laswell: Fractal (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 09, 09Bill Laswell's "Fractal" is one of the more interesting cuts on his Invisible Design II CD. Even though the minor-ke...
Bill Laswell: Solar Clip (Rating: 77/100) posted in Music May 08, 09"Solar Clip" is a fairly unmemorable sound collage. That isn't to say that Bill Laswell doesn't play well on it. D...
Bill Laswell: Activate (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 24, 09Introduced by a strangely metered 7-note sequence, "Activate" is a truly magical ride through the cosmos guided by mu...
Tabla Beat Science: Audiomaze (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 19, 08In Western music we have come to view the percussionist as providing accompaniment. The "serious music" repertoire (...
Last Exit: Taking a Beating (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music November 20, 07Energy music. To some, the term means nothing more than “noise.” True enough, it can be noisy, but in the hands of La...
Buckethead: Machete (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 14, 08When I was about nine years old, I followed the exploits of The Destroyer, a masked wrestler who appeared regularly...
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Laswell, Bill (William) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09Bassist and producer Bill Laswell has always kept his ears and imagination open. His riffs heard around the world on ...
Miles Davis: In A Silent Way / Shhh / Peaceful / It's About That Time (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 02, 08Make no mistake about it. There is controversy surrounding this recording. What the hell is a "reconstruction & mix t...
Nicky Skopelitis: Tarab (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 17, 08This is some far-out shit, man. The bass is vibrating my innards. I feel like I am sitting next to one of those cars ...
The South Asian Tinge in Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 20, 08Jelly Roll Morton, in an oft-quoted passage, once spoke about the “Latin tinge” that was, in his opinion, an essenti...
Sharrock, Sonny (Warren Harding) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Guitarist Sonny Sharrock forged a path for the electric guitar in experimental jazz by adapting the improvisational s...
Sakata, Akira posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Sakata, Akira, alto saxophonist; b. Hiroshima, Japan, 21 February 1945. Born in Kure-city, Hiroshima in 1945. Saka...
Ulmer, James "Blood" posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09Guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer's visceral performance style combines influences from blues, funk, jazz and rock in a t...
Frith, Fred posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09Multi-Instrumentalist Fred Frith combines jazz, classical and rock influences into a sonic concept which is at times ...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 17, 08A few days ago, jazz.com published its 2,000th review – pretty good for a web site that only opened its doors on Dece...
Sanders, Pharoah (Farrell) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has built his career on showcasing the complete voice of the saxophone with all its...
Building the World's Largest Online Jazz Encyclopedia posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 12, 09If I thought writing a blog was demanding, little did I guess how challenging it would be to construct an encyc...
Sharp, Elliott posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09Guitarist, composer and reedman Elliott Sharp has played an important role in experimental music by combining blues, ...
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