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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultiimate in avant garde
The reuniting of trombonist Lester Bowie and Kelvyn Bell on guitar always makes for masterful innovations and measured oddities.Kelvyn, a jazz/funkster of the NY based Kelvynator flies through the hardest and softets riffs throughout the cd. Formerly and still a member of Bowie's band Defunkt where KB played lead guitar to the back up of Vernon Reid's (Living Color)rhythm...
Published on December 19, 2000 by uhhmone
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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Get past the somewhat stupid band name and you'll find those old stalwarts from Defunkt, trombonist Joe Bowie and guitarist Kelvyn Bell, teamed with Austrian saxophonist Sigi Finkel (also on keyboards and samples). Formed in 1998, this debut was recorded in Vienna for Sony Austria, with its composer credits divided quite democratically. While Robert Riegler's slap happy...
Published on December 19, 2000
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3.0 out of 5 stars
British Review, December 19, 2000
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This review is from: Don't Tell Me (Audio CD)
Get past the somewhat stupid band name and you'll find those old stalwarts from Defunkt, trombonist Joe Bowie and guitarist Kelvyn Bell, teamed with Austrian saxophonist Sigi Finkel (also on keyboards and samples). Formed in 1998, this debut was recorded in Vienna for Sony Austria, with its composer credits divided quite democratically. While Robert Riegler's slap happy bass seems to be talking in tongues, Bell's guitar chews up the wah wah pedals. Bowie blasts his trombone like a bumble bee, slipping fully out of harness when he sings on the title number and "With Love Comes Pain". Meanwhile, "Ride'em Slow" starts out as an atmospheric slink, developing a ram-drumming momentum. Bell pours out copious amounts of guitar filth, building up to an abrasive peak on the tightly-wound Bachendl, turning fast-chord chops into free-form gushes. --Martin Longley
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultiimate in avant garde, December 19, 2000
This review is from: Don't Tell Me (Audio CD)
The reuniting of trombonist Lester Bowie and Kelvyn Bell on guitar always makes for masterful innovations and measured oddities.Kelvyn, a jazz/funkster of the NY based Kelvynator flies through the hardest and softets riffs throughout the cd. Formerly and still a member of Bowie's band Defunkt where KB played lead guitar to the back up of Vernon Reid's (Living Color)rhythm position, Doop Troop defies the schism between funk and jazz, jazz and dance hall. Bowie's electrifying daredevil horn never ceases to create art where others dare not go. Sample the first track and you will know the electronic age of digitized music cannot compete with the lively innovations of true musicians. Sigi Finkel on saxaphone brings a comforting and familiar fluidity otherwise missing from much of the brashness in Defunkt. Finkel's writing is superb and familiar more or less a combination of Weather Report's "Sweetnighter" and Ramsey Lewis' "Sun Goddess" with Earth Wind and Fire. Add to this the odd metered synchopation ever present in KB's work and you have a classic fit for all seasons.
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