Global Blues

Antijazz

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: January 17, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000059L4D
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,233,500 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
What is Antijazz?

The musical ideas of Antijazz are easy to understand. The essence of Antijazz is a sudden grip on the senses; the pleasure of juicy timbre; and bold composition. Antijazz embraces the crunchy lyric strokes of the guitar, the snap and thump of the bass, and the perilous pounding of the drums. Even the tonka-tonic tones of the keyboard are allowed play, along with occasional wailings of the horn. Antijazz is music to make you feel; to excite your senses, and to compel your smile.

Product Description
New Orleans' ANTIJAZZ blasts forth with this debut release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly refreshing take on metallic jazz, October 3, 2002

By	Brandon Findlay "The Deacon" (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Metallic jazz? Yeah, that's what comes to my mind. Not jazz progressions with metal guitars, but a jazz mentality with a hard rock taste. Instead of progressions ala trad jazz, you have some serious riffs upon which you have a talented trio rippin it up and tearing it down. Jedd Haas, the guitarist in this power trio, wrote all the originals here, and the band turns in a sweet cover of Bill Frisell's classic "Strange Meeting". The songs are completely instrumental, and like Freddie King's instrumentals of yore, they serve the song in ways lyrics can't. These aren't loose jams, these are tight songs with themes upon which three energetic musicians jam their asses off.

Now...why three stars? Because there's less than a half-hour of music here, and above all else, my copy is on a cd-r. That leaves me with an unsettled feeling as to whether it was burned or pressed. I don't want to have to buy this record again because my first copies' burn pattern eroded. As for the music...five star quality in composition and performance. Hope to hear more from them in the future.