Satchmo's Jive Essence 42 (electronic, dance, hip-hop, jazz, genre)

TheBig3 · 04-15-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

When I shared my vision of a metal-jazz hybrid I was always met with the same incredulous attitude of how the melding of jazz and metal is as unnatural as the reconciliation of religion and science. Not so, not so, and my proof is in this beautiful quartet from Atlanta, Georgia.

Leviathan is the first Mastodon album I ever heard, and until the recent release of Crack the Skye it has remained my favorite. I could have easily picked Crack the Skye as my entry for this band, but I felt that for propriety's sake it would be best to allow a certain obligatory grace period to elapse after its release before putting it in any "top" list.

I think this is one of the reasons i enjoy your reviews. Theres an ethos of quality around how you operate. I recently read a blog review about CtS, between your ambiguous endorsement and that review, I'll certainly check it out.

Similarly, I just just got into Howlin' Wolf thanks to LastFM. One of the struggels I find with old artists who have tons of works, esp. someone like Wolf who worked in the singles era of corporate music, is that you can never find the good stuff, through a field of overmarketed GH albums. I think this is going to be one of the more fruitful threads on the board for just this reason. It seems that you're working with notable, but non-mainstream acts who have tons of things. (MMW comes to mind; btw which album has chubsub on it?)

Its a new path for a lot of us (myself included) and giving us a good point to jump off on is brilliant. Thanks, man.

Edit: I'm a man who likes to dip his toes before commitment (take that how you want), is there a way we could get some recommended tracks on an album? I know this is sacrelig but I'm tryin'. Can't blame a man for tryin'.