Lunar Crush

David Fiuczynski, John Medeski | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 1994)
• Original Release Date: April 5, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gramavision
• ASIN: B00000322A
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,900 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vog

2. Pacifica

3. Gloria Ascending

4. Pineapple

5. Quest

6. Freelance Brown

7. Slow Blues For Fuzy's Mama

8. Lillies That Fester...

9. 122 St. Marks

10. Fima's Sunrise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw, dirty grooves beautify a musical tour de force., May 16, 1999

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Judith Blase "Georgia Judy" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lunar Crush (Audio CD)

The opening strains of John Medeski and David Fiuczynski's "Lunar Crush" say it all; Medeski's innate (not that it's easy) keyboard mastery conjures up an earthy and rambunctious line that inevitably yields to the band's screaming entrance, and the song takes off, winding through a nice complex arrangement but never abandoning its pure and natural rhythm, its gut-wrenching power. Fiuczynski plays guitar with a unique harmonic and melodic rhythm that lends the album its engaging and utterly new sound. Medeski, who has never pulled a musical punch and never will, is a true co-leader, challenging and cajoling his colleague without sacrificing an iota of the music at hand. The semi-operatic singing on three of the tracks is simply as bad-ass as it gets, further emphasizing that this album must stand alone. It's not MMW, and it's not the Torsos; Lunar Crush is a moon with which we are not familiar.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Raging Guitar and a Crazy Organ Unite, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lunar Crush (Audio CD)

Dave Fiuczynski is the most innovative guitarist to come out after the whole shredding-guitar wanking era. His mixture of funk, rock, blues and jazz is all tied up within a Middle Eastern scale that erupts across the fretboard. I have seen Fuze live in NYC roughly a dozen or more times in the past year and the best representation of his show would have to be "Slow Blues For Fuzy's Mama." You can hear McLaughlin and Vai in his solos. Medeski's sound with the Morg is fat and tubular and when he lays down the intro to "Slow Blues" you can feel the air shake around you. A must have for guitar fans and for those that require their music collection contains something constructive and innovative in the midst of the ridiculous bubble gum pop.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lunar Crush - Something Old And Something New, November 4, 2006

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Mr. Midnight "M M" (Tijeras, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lunar Crush (Audio CD)

Some songs on this album are a refreshingly new take on the idea of "funk." However, there is a lot of the old advant-garde styles ala Sonny Sharock, Sun Ra and Pharoh Sanders mixed in. This album may turn off listeners not into free-form jazz. More adventurous listeners will like having this in his or her collection.