Throttle Elevator Music

Modern Jazz / Indie Jazz
premiera polska: 2014-05-20
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
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Wydawca tak przedstawia płytę "Od Coltrane'a do The Clash".
Groźna załoga z San Francisco w natarciu!

Throttle Elevator Music założona przez trójkę muzyków z Frisco: saksofonistę Kamasiego Washingtona, perkusistę/gitarzystę Lumpy'ego i basistę/keyboardzistę Matta Montgomery'ego.
Niezaprzeczalną gwiazdą składu jest saksofonista Kamasi Washington. Na saksofonie zaczął grać w wieku 13 lat, a 12 lat później własnym sumptem wydał swój pierwszy album. Sławę przyniosła mu jednak współpraca z artystami takimi jak Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Herbie Hancock czy Wayne Shorter. Później Kamasi zwrócił się w stronę muzyków skupionych wokół klubu Low End Theory i wytwórni Brainfeeder – usłyszeć można go było na płytach Flying Lotusa, Thundercata czy Kendricka Lamara.

BBC Music magazine z entuzjazmem napisał o płycie "A collective of talented in-house players from San Francisco-based label Wide Hive. Producer and label owner Gregory Howe, who clearly has a great ear, has penned a striking selection of soul-fused jazz tracks for his house band”.
W USA porównywany do The Bad Plus i Medeski, Martin & Wood. Ich koncerty są jazzową jazdą bez trzymanki, kipiące zaraźliwą energią nagrania smakują jak najbardziej wybuchowy drink.
W wywiadach członkowie powołują się na dokonania Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, Trevor Watts' Moire Music Trio, Ornette Coleman's Prime Time i Last Exit. Wiele to mówi o ich artystycznej koncepcj
Płyta zawiera szesnaście własnych kompozycji członków zespołu i producenta, Gregory Howe'a, który wykonuje tutaj znakomitą robotę. W 2012 roku powołał do życia wydawnictwo Wide Hive Records, w któego barwach płyty wydają tacy muzycy jak Big Black, Calvin Keys, Larry Coryell, Roscoe Mitchell czy też Wide Hive Players.

"Throttle Elevator Music" dostępna jest na dwóch nośnikach: CD i Vinyl 1LP

Editor's Info:
Cross Coltrane with The Clash and it would resemble the departure point Throttle Elevator Music leaps from. Tenor Saxophonist Kamasi Washington takes the lead and raises the bar of instrumental intensity on 16 original compositions ranging from shorter punk minded 45 second flurries to thematic uptempo romps, and rounding out with a few expansionary journeys. Kamasi’s melodic tonality melds nicely into the electric undercurrent laid down by punk drummer/guitarist Lumpy, Wide Hive Player’s bassist/keyboardist/composer Matt Montgomery, and Wide Hive Players composer/engineer/producer Gregory Howe.

BBC Music magazine
“A collective of talented in-house players from San Francisco-based label Wide Hive. Producer and label owner Gregory Howe, who clearly has a great ear, has penned a striking selection of soul-fused jazz tracks for his house band.”

muzikreviews.com * * * * *
These days it’s hard to get listeners’ attention. There are so many bands all vying for more fans that we, the listeners, get overwhelmed. Consequently, we don’t search for new groups as much as we used to, before the internet took over.

Throttle Elevator Music is one thing you should take notice of. They’ve managed to combine rock, punk, and jazz together to make a unique but tasty concoction.

Tenor Saxophonist Kamasi Washington and producer Greg Howe appear to be the men behind this project, according to the label’s website. Bassist/Keyboardist Matt Montgomery and drummer “Lumpy” fill in the remaining spots.

The songs on this album range from energetic, bursts of unrestrained energy (“Thrill Seeker,” “Capital Rumble”) to more laid–back, exploratory journeys (“Breather,” “Bass In The Sublime”). Others are a combination of the two, such as “Violet Revolutionary.” The whole time Washington’s skill is made plain, particularly on the buildup track “Dancing Dust Moat,” which starts somewhat mellow and rises to brash fun. “Capital Run” sounds to me like The Clash put in some different time signatures and hired John Coltrane to front them. Switch the Sax to a guitar with lots of distortion and overdrive on “Standards Reproach” and you’d get thrash metal. I love it.

This band reminds me of The Bad Plus, who are known for making jazz arrangements of rock songs. Personally, they’ve never done it for me. But Throttle Elevator Music does what appears to me is the opposite of The Bad Plus, they make rock arrangements of what would otherwise easily be Jazz tunes. And, it feels good to say this, this band isn’t really anything I’ve heard before. I’m sold on them.

This album feels like the perfect stepping stone for this band to build on, I don’t think they can go anywhere from here but up.
by Daniel Erickson

allmusic.com

Gregory Howe's charmingly named Throttle Elevator Music erupted in 2012 as an edgy expansion of the mellower turf established by his Wide Hive Players. The Throttle Elevator approach has been referred to as jazz-punk (or punk-jazz) but a more accurate description of the colliding textures might be to point out elements in common with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, Trevor Watts' Moire Music Trio, and Ornette Coleman's Prime Time or even Last Exit. In the realm of Throttle Elevator Music, bassist/pianist Matt Montgomery and a drummer/guitarist named Lumpy interact bracingly with Kamasi Washington, a fine tenor saxophonist from Los Angeles whose working history includes sessions with Snoop Dogg, George Duke, Marcus Miller, Gerald Wilson, and (by way of Howe's production) Phil Ranelin. For a good time, try comparing Throttle Elevator Music with New Corporate Resistance, an album released in 2012 by the Neomythics, a rock band featuring Lumpy and Montgomery as well as Wide Hive house drummer Thomas McCree and guitarist Harvey Mandel. Additionally, on New Corporate Resistance, Gregory Howe steps out from behind the producer/mix-master curtain to perform as singer, guitarist, and synthesizer manipulator. Both albums are ideally suited for friendly reckless dancing or nocturnal freeway driving.
by Arwulf Arwulf

muzycy:
Kamasi Washington: Tenor Saxophone
Lumpy: drums/guitar
Matt Montgomery: bass/keyboards

utwory:
1. Thrill Seeker
2. Breather
3. Gtfo
4. Violet Revolutionary
5. Bass In The Sublime
6. Ratchet
7. Throttle Rocket
8. Free Just
9. Chilton Alley
10. Dancing Dust Moat
11. Capital Rumble
12. Rampart
13. Inner Spatial Dub
14. Elevator Shaft
15. Standards Reproach
16. Sacred Rights

total time - 43:00
wydano: 2013-03-11
nagrano: November 21, 2011
more info: www.widehiverecords.com