Likewise

Likewise Artist: Stone House
Label: Riti
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 642623200827
EAN: 0642623200827
ASIN: B0000CG8E7


Release Date: 2003-10-07

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Tracks:

  1. Meet Me In Another Reality
  2. Likewise
  3. Emotion Of Space
  4. Turning
  5. Lifelike
  6. Ground Truth
  7. Open Oblique

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A good trio but not the best intro to the principals........2003-12-04

This album is a good example of why Amazon could use half stars on their rating system. Let me explain. Stone House is a trio comprised of Rob Brown on the alto sax and flutes, Joe Morris on bass, and Luther Grey on the drums. The CD consists of seven completely improvised tracks with plenty of solo time for all. For Rob Brown's contribution, I would say a definite four stars. For Mr.s Grey and Morris, I would have to say three.
I know very little about Luther Grey except that he is an associate of Joe Morris' having appeared on Morris' Age of Everything CD (excellent guitar trio outing by the way).
Morris on the other hand is an accomplished acoustic and electric guitarist with a very modern single note style. On bass, however, he doesn't strike me as being nearly as individualistic nor as interesting.
The main point is that Rob Brown makes this outing more than worthwhile. A mainstay on the so-called downtown scene for over a decade, he has played with Matthew Shipp, Whit Dickey, the great William Parker and on numerous dates under his own name.
His alto playing is his great strength utilizing a somewhat harsh and urgent but very beautiful tone combined with a fluent, varied and passionate soloing style. He has excellent extended technique but does not utilize it often on this CD (he gives it a pretty good work out on Ground Truth). His soloing bring to mind Sonny Simmons, Dolphy, or the early Ornette Coleman. But you can hear a lot of other formative influences as well. I suspect the man knows his tradition.
If you are new to these guys there are better CDs to start with. You might be better off starting with Whit Dickey's Trio Ahxoloxha CD which features Morris on guitar and Brown on the alto. I say might because I am anxiously awaiting my copy now. For Morris, I recommend the above-mentioned Age of Everything and Singularity. Both are available on Amazon and/or on the Aum Fidelity Recordings site. For Brown, try Scratching the Surface on the CIMP label, Blink of an Eye (duet with Matthew Shipp) or listen to one of William Parker's great quartet In Order to Survive CDs. Happy listening.

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  2. Smooth Jazz Essentials, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists
  3. In and Out ~ Steve Baxter
  4. 1941-1947, Vol. 2 ~ Sidney Bechet
  5. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 3: 1938-1941 ~ Fats Waller
  6. That's Where It's At ~ Stanley Turrentine
  7. In Concert - Beaulieu Jazz Festival/21st Anniversary Album ~ Ted Heath
  8. Left Handed Complement ~ Dave McKenna
  9. The Art of Herbie Nichols ~ Herbie Nichols
  10. Dr. Jazz, Vol. 15 ~ George Wettling's Stuyvesant Stompers

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Mass Appeal/Code of the Streets ~ Gang Starr

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Fifth Overture ~ The Adicts

La Roca, Vol. 1 ~ Nacho Sotomayor

Troublesome Bubblegum ~ Electrocute

Made to Fade ~ Made to Fade

Hits, Rarities & Remix ~ Tribe Called Quest

Back to Haunt You! ~ Vicious Base

Raise It Up ~ Ultramagnetic MC's

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