Hiromi's funk-infused jazz; sort-of-new Hendrix; all-new Dwight Yoakam; M.A.K.U. Soundsystem live; Apple and the Three Oranges rarities, and more
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Sakiko Nomura |
Japanese pianist Hiromi and her jazz trio have issued the CD 'Move.'
1. Two Hours Traffic “Foolish Blood” Canada’s Two Hours Traffic makes some of today’s richest power pop, rippling with melodies and shimmering with guitar cascades.
2. Hiromi “Move” Japanese pianist Hiromi fronts a jazz
trio who plays with a percussive flair. Though her combo touches on funk
and classical etudes, they excel in their jazzy attack.
3. Jimi Hendrix “People , Hell and Angels”
It’s not the revelatory collection of never-before-heard tracks its
creators have hyped. But the “new” Hendrix record does include fresh
takes on the classics, with alternate vocalists, a second guitarist and
solos the die-hards will swoon for.
4. Madeleine Peyroux “The Blue Room” Jazzy chanteuse
Peyroux reimagines songs from Ray Charles’ genre-bending 1962 album
“Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.” Happily, she adds her own
smart modulations and mutations.
5. The Battle of Santiago “Followed by Thousands”
Despite the Santiago moniker, no actual Chileans take part in this
fiery Latin experiment. Instead, musicians from Cuba and Venezuela pair
with ones from Toronto to blend art-rock, dub, electronica and
Afro-Cuban jazz into a dense and worldly mix.
6. Superhuman Happiness “Hands” Brooklyn’s Superhuman
Happiness creates brisk, shifty and disjointed rhythms suggesting Frank
Zappa and Pigface trying to solve a math-rock problem.
7. Various artists “Change the Beat: The Celluloid Records Story ”
Over the course of two disruptive CDs, this set collects some of the
angriest and most inventive rhythms released by Celluloid in the ’80s.
Includes everything from French avant-garde rock to New York hip hop and
jazz at its most progressive.
8. Apple and the Three Oranges “Free and Easy”
Soul archivists, take note! This set corrals the uber-obscure 1970-75
recordings of Ed (Apple) Nelson’s L.A. funk band, ones which gave James
Brown’s sound its own churning groove.
9. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at Drom Some of the strongest
Colombian rhythms can be found in Jackson Heights. Friday will see a
roiling performance by that area’s most accomplished band.
10. Dwight Yoakam “3 Pears” The country star’s first album in seven years rates as one of his most clear-voiced and melodically tart.
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