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	Sticks & Stones Shed Grace Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Rock The second release by this Chicago jazz trio is largely made up of originals, with an eclectic selection of cover songs by Fela Kuti, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn. Drummer Chad Taylor is a member of the Chicago Und... more » « less
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All Artists: Sticks & Stones
Title: Shed Grace
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Thrill Jockey
Release Date: 3/23/2004
Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Avant Garde & Free Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 790377014020

Synopsis

Album Description

The second release by this Chicago jazz trio is largely made up of originals, with an eclectic selection of cover songs by Fela Kuti, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn. Drummer Chad Taylor is a member of the Chicago Underground Duo/Trio/Quartet, Bassist Josh Abrams is a member of the avant classical combo Town And Country, and Matana Roberts is a member of the NYC-based ensemble Burnt Sugar. For fans of Jimmy Guiffre, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Ken Vandermark, and Eric Dolphy.

CD Reviews

Brilliant music from the Chicago underground jazz community

Jan P. Dennis | Monument, CO USA | 05/16/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Man, Chad Taylor plays a lot of drums on this disc! Like a one-man wrecking crew, he comes out full bore and seldom lets up. And that's perfect for the expressionistic vibe these guys lay down. The band charges out of the gate with the title cut, "Shed Grace," an attractive burner. Things morph into a drum/percussion virtuoso world-vibe in the intro to "The Refusal," perhaps the signature number and most ambitious selection of all the quite remarkable numbers here. If Chad Taylor's playing live, he's doing quite a job of it simultaneously hammering his cymbals and laying down a striking motif on hand drums. Meanwhile, Matana Roberts blows some righteous clarinet lines, with Josh Abrams (double-bass) nicely grounding the proceedings with bass fundaments of the first order.Altogether hip, smart, and quite accessible for avant-garde jazz, this should appeal to more open-minded fans of groups like Tortoise and the Chicago Underground Trio, as well as various other Nu jazz warriors.Very nicely done."