supported by 5 fans who also own “Hated Because Of Great Qualities (Blonde Redhead cover)”
I never heard of Blue Cranes before last weekends Cuneiform Records' weekly deal dropped in and quickly added this one to the Bandcamp Friday shopping list (dedicating the favorite track to Joe and Kamala, hoping the band won't mind).
Their approach (not the instrumentation) remind me strongly of Rymden (the surviving e.s.t. members plus Bugge Wesseltoft), meaning that this is jazz that could easily be appreciated by a rock listener (with not too tight listening habits, mind you :-) ). Carsten Pieper
supported by 4 fans who also own “Hated Because Of Great Qualities (Blonde Redhead cover)”
This is one of the albums that really sweep me away, no matter which track I'm listening to, and its pleasantly long running time of almost 80 minutes guarantees a maximum sweeping effect. Basically, Matt Ulery is a jazz musician and composer playing the double bass, but the magic he creates on this and other albums is well beyond the confines of the genre. The brilliant varied orchestrations clearly put it into a neo-classical chamber music frame, frequently reminding me of Argentine chamber folk, and the smooth vocals contributed by Grażyna Auguścik and Sarah Marie Young add considerably to the magic, as does the piano work of Rob Clearfield, who's a great composer himself. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
Jazz, funk, and hip-hop grooves drive the latest release by a world-class Dallas collective steered by Snarky Puppy's percussion duo. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 21, 2024