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Howard Fishman Quartet
Do What I Want
Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Good Times
2. Mary Ann
3. Don't Wait
4. In Another Life
5. Do What I Want
6. Nervous Breakdown
7. New Life
8. Weary Blues
9. Get Some Rest
10. Don't Love Me
11. What Was It Like?
12. Do You Want to Be Mine
13. Dating Game

CD Details

All Artists: Howard Fishman Quartet
Title: Do What I Want
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Monkey Farm
Original Release Date: 3/12/2002
Release Date: 3/12/2002
Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Style: Vocal Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 656613681824

Synopsis

Album Description

Following on the heels of their critically acclaimed second album ("I Like You A Lot;" Four Stars from The All-Music Guide, #3 on rollingstone.com's Top Ten albums of 2001), Howard Fishman Quartet returns with "Do What I Want." For their latest recording, the band has added a drummer, electric guitar and keyboards to complement a host of new influences ranging from sleazy funk and urban beats to indie rock and pop to create a startling new sound, sophisticated, earthy, urbane and addictive. Howard Fishman Quartet has been compared to such diverse artists as Tom Waits, Soul Coughing, The Talking Heads and Johnny Cash, but their unique blend of American musical influences from across the spectrum puts them in a category all their own.

CD Reviews

Music that defies category is good music

Christopher C. Allison | Brooklyn, NY United States | 08/16/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"On a whim, I went to see Howard Fishman at a small club in Brooklyn last night. The show was free, so what did I have to lose? As it turned out, nothing but my chains.
The five-piece quartet played two sets, the first more tranditional Dixieland-ish kind of stuff, and the second somewhat...more experimental. During the intermission, I decided I needed to buy the record, so I approached Mr. Fishman, who had a bunch in a duffle bag. He handed me three. I asked him which one he prefferred. He said Well, this one is very traditional, this one is fairly experimental, and this one (handing me 'Do What I Want') is rock and roll.
Rock and roll? Huh.
So I bought the rock and roll album. I'm not sure I agree with his labelling, but I'm not sure I can make a better suggestion either. It's a great record, a challenging record, a strange record, a funny record and, in the end, unlike anything I've every heard before. There's some jazz guitar, and some beautiful violin playing, and some crystalline trumpet, and some biting lyrics. What these all add up to, I don't know. But it's definetly worth your [$$$] for the music alone, and you can feel good that you've done your part to hold back the tide of rampant sameness in modern corporate 'music.'
And god bless you for it."