Shed Grace

Shed Grace

Shed Grace

ASIN: B0001EMW0Q

Track Listings
 
1. Shed Grace
2. Refusal
3. Wordful
4. Skippy
5. Veatrice
6. So Very Cold
7. Colonial Mentality
8. Wonder Twins
9. Ishfahan
10. 430

Editorial Reviews
Product 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.

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Shed Grace
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Brilliant music from the Chicago underground jazz community
 Shed Grace
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Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001EMW0Q
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

  1. Shed Grace
  2. Refusal
  3. Wordful
  4. Skippy
  5. Veatrice
  6. So Very Cold
  7. Colonial Mentality
  8. Wonder Twins
  9. Ishfahan
  10. 430

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.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant music from the Chicago underground jazz community.......2004-05-17

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.

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