Bliggidy Blam
Posted: December 23rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: oh....you know | No Comments »
[Formal I] is credited to Bliggidy Blam, a memorably odd assemblage of two trumpets (McWhorter and Nate Wooley), two electric basses (Mat Fieldes and Tim Kiah), and a drummer (Matt Aiken). The band’s ultra-compressed aesthetic (30 tracks in 41 minutes) and block-form juxtapositions give it a post-Zorn flavor, though the cheeky low-key vibe steers clear of Naked City ultraviolence. The majority of the album is taken up by twenty-seven brief “ABCD(X) Forms,” little nonsequitur bouquets of seesawing melodies, jackdaw trumpets and tap-clink-clank drumming which sometimes come adorned with childlike cries of “wheeeee!” The three pieces out- side the “ABCD(X)” series are more sober and sustained: “Counting” is a gentle train-ride piece cushioned by soft whirling trumpet lines and twinkling bass guitar work; “Etude 1” is plangent four-point counterpoint eventually pushed through a bread-slicer; “Etude 2” is a moody odd-meter piece in the mode of Dave Douglas’s Balkan Jazz. A worthy addition to the canon of short-attention-span Jazz.
CADENCE
Brian McWhorter – trumpet
Nate Wooley – trumpet
Mat Fieldes – bass
Tim Kiah – bass
Matt Aiken – drums
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recorded in NYC
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