Livingroom Hush

Jaga Jazzist

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Smalltown Supersound
• ASIN: B000067AS8
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #542,908 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Animal Chin

2. Going Down

3. Press Play

4. Airborne

5. Real Racecars Have Doors

6. Low Battery

7. Midget

8. Made For Radio

9. Lithuania

10. Cinematic

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New jazz at its best..., June 16, 2002

By	nicjaytee (London) - See all my reviews

What is happening in Norway? Following on from Bugge Wesseltoft's "New Conceptions of Jazz" releases comes this even better CD that really does expand the horizons of where jazz is in 2002! From its stand-out opening number - "Animal Chin", with its driving "drum & bass" back-beats and wonderfully "frantic" but controlled multi-layered riffs - the whole album just rolls along through a series of superbly played, tightly structured and often highly innovative tracks. Fusing the rhythms & break sequences used by club DJ's, new wave electronica and the chord progressions of "traditional" modern jazz, "A Living Room Hush" is that rarest of things: an album that dares to push itself beyond accepted boundaries while remaining totally listenable to.

Good enough to stand comparison to Weather Report's & The Mahavishnu Orchestra's similarly ground-breaking "cross-over" explorations in the 1970's, but devoid of their jarring excesses, Jaga Jazzist's first outing will challenge you and then insidiously etch itself into your memory banks to demand repeat listening. Having, justifiably, received "rave" reviews on its, initially restricted, local release this album now sits here waiting for you to discover it. If you really do want to know - and enjoy - where creative new jazz is going look no further!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate new conception of jazz, March 5, 2003

By A Customer

This stuff is absolutely exciting. A Livingroom Hush must be one of the best nu jazz records I've heard. And hey, I just found out that there is a new record coming out! Don't miss this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you want this album, October 3, 2002

By A Customer

Very exciting album and the band is thrilling live as well. Recent discovery, now my favorite new band. Hopefully coming to the States soon???