The first Quickies of 2008 is all that jazz. More precisely, it's all jazz. Or variants of jazz. That is, if you don't count the last entry, which is soul-funk. Got it? Good, let's get started...
Pat Metheny Trio Day Trip
Today is supposed to be the day of Metheny's first release under the guitar/acoustic bass/drums format since Trio Live from 2000. But this time, the Trio's rhythm section is overhauled: Larry Granadier and Bill Stewart have been replaced by Christian McBride and Pat Metheny Group drummer Antonio Sanchéz.
The music hasn't changed at all, though. It's still the same kind of trio record you already know from Question And Answer and 99>00 with Pat revealing his Jim Hall and Kenny Burrell influences more than at other times, and leaving the sound plenty wide open enough to allow him and his cohorts to stretch out. If you remember "The Red One" from the Metheny/Scofield collaboration I Can See Your House From Here and hear the same song as played by the Trio, you'll get a good idea of how this format can turn songs inside out.
Day Trip isn't blow-you-away good, but I don't think Metheny is aiming to make any grand statements here, either. It's just good, clean fun for three top-drawer players. And who wouldn't want to see this crew play live?
Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex
Heavy metal is not one of those kinds of music I can typically dig on its own but throw in some sort of jazz element into the mix and I'm there. That's why headbangers and I can come together at Caspar Brötzmann. The same goes for electronica. And when it comes to blending electronics and jazz, the Scandinavians seem to be the dominant players in this sub-genre. There's even a term for this hybrid: nu jazz.
Article comments
1 - Glen Boyd
Porcupine Tree instrumental atmospherics? I may just have to check out this Caspar Brötzmann dude...
-Glen
2 - Mark Saleski
hmmm, sounds like i've gotta check out this Eivind Aarset person.
never heard of that Metheny guy.
3 - Pico
Metheny is that dude who once stated he'd wrap a guitar around Kenny G's head if he ever met him ;&)
4 - Tom Johnson
I didn't know David Spade was a nu-jazz guitarist. "Yeah, I played nu-jazz . . . when it was called fusion." Sorry, just trying to come up with something that would sound like a Spade quip.
5 - Pico
Ha! I figured that the PT reference would get Glen's and TJ's attention and I was right ;&)
6 - Mark Saleski
Day Trip isn't blow-you-away good...
heathen.
7 - Glen Boyd
Sounds like Pico is trying to coax Kenny G's assistant out of hiding...
-Glen
8 - Pico
"never heard of that Metheny guy."
"heathen."
you got up to speed on Metheny mighty fast ;&)
9 - MikeyPlaya
"Maceo Parker always has it down tight. I saw him live a few years back and never forgot it. He is playing horns on Teddy Brents single Vanity.
Love live James Brown *crowd chant*"
----- ChildofDestiny, how true how true. I got that song by Brent on Itunes