Nu Soul Zodiac CD music The Gold Sparkle band displays a lot of savvy with their improv-based street smarts, and have some originality of their own to showcase on these 11 power-packed tracks. Nu Soul Zodiac music CDs Waters wrote six of these pieces: "Nu Millennium Waltz" uses ostinato bass, clarinet, tenor, and trumpet to produce an unruly, edgy, hard-swinging mood. "Other Anthem" sports a swirling repeated line that swings à la Coleman, with a free bridge for solos. "Motor City Fugue" (dedicated to the Detroit band Immigrant Suns) is a pensive ballad with rich harmonies, while "Fellowship" (dedicated to Other Dimensions in Music) has a dirge-like, bass-informed intro that gives way to a dense, hymnal texture and free bashing. "Soul Zodiac" incorporates a 10/8 groove, an in-out style, and Barker's drum work (which clearly recalls Ed Blackwell), while the most humorous selection, "Carousel Lost," goes plain goofy with swing. Ruzow contributes three cuts: the funky and real "Double Bump," in which a snippet of melody merges with rip-roaring trumpet and tenor; "Borges," which has a free and loose structure reminiscent of Old and New Dreams; and the meditational "Promises of Democracy," a dour and cynical number with haunting arco bass and what sounds like an overdubbed cello or second bass. The two collective improvs, "The Aleph" and "Splintered Synapse," are similar in their intrepid attitude, but the former is frantic and skittish, while the latter is clearly influenced by Albert Ayler. Derivations aside, the Gold Sparkle Band have one foot squarely planted in the avant tradition and the other in terrain previously mapped by the innovators of this music. A sparkling future should lie ahead for this bold, young band of freedom-seeking navigators. Highly recommended to fans of this style. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Recording information: Railroad Earth Studios; Atlanta (02/27/1999-03/01/1999).
Personnel: Ki Lemonde (cello); Charles Waters (reeds); Roger V. Ruzow (trumpet); Andrew Barker (drums).
Audio Mixers: Roger V. Ruzow; Neil Fried.
Gold Sparkle Band - Nu Soul Zodiac Album Track Listing
Nu Soul Zodiac songs. Recorded live at the 1988 Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival, Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan in December 1988. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
The Ray Brown Trio is caught on this CD live at a Tokyo concert and sounds obviously inspired by the enthusiastic crowd. The group (which also stars pianist Gene Harris and drummer Jeff Hamilton) stretches out on four standards, "Put Your Little Right Out," Victor Feldman's "Rio" and two Brown originals: "F.S.R. (For Sonny Rollins)" and the title cut. This release is a perfect introduction to the many fine Ray Brown-Gene Harris Concord recordings; it consistently swings with soul. ~ Scott Yanow
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Nu Soul Zodiac album. Track Listing of songs: All of Me; I Want a Little Girl; Stompin' At the Savoy; Georgia on My Mind; You Can Depend on Me; Body & Soul; Good Old Funky Blues; One O'Clock Jump;
Nu Soul Zodiac music CDs. Liner Note Author: Dave Cockett.
Recording information: BBC (02/24/1976); BBC (08/05/1976).
Arranger: Lone Star.
Personnel: Kenny Driscoll (vocals); Tony Smith (guitar, background vocals); Paul Chapman (guitar); Rick Worsnop (keyboards, background vocals); Pete Hurley (bass guitar); Dixie Lee (drums, background vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Jon Astley.
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Nu Soul Zodiac songs. Track Listing of songs: Everybody, Everybody; Macarena; Let Me in Your Heart; Neutron Dance; Lovin' Is Really My Game; Shame; Hot Hot Hot; Jump; Turn the Beat Around; I Was Made For Loving You; Everything; Native New Yorker;
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