
Orchestre National de Jazz of France releases an album that needs to be heard rather than read about. Get it while the getting's good. Bland music may cause the listener to come up short on adjectives, but exceptional music can totally rob your mouth of convenient genre names and labels. The latter is what's going on with Orchestre National de Jazz's Shut Up and Dance project, a sideways nod to modern big band featuring the compositions of John Hollenbeck. Under the current direction of Daniel Yvinec, this French ensemble tailor-fits each tribute it takes on, and Shut Up and...
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It took only two songs for me to realise I was in this kind of much-hailed, seldom-reached territory: the album you want to listen to again and again without skipping tracks or hitting pause because you're off to grab refreshments. I didn't know much of Robert Wyatt 's solo stuff. I do now know his genre is marked as "progressive" on the myspace page not because he enjoys a coma-inducing prog-rock guitar solo, but rather for his progressive predisposition. As a plus, he's the spitting image of Moses, at least as I picture the dude. [...]
Jesus H! It's taken about 40 hours for me to make this post now that Blogger Beta is making things CRAZY!!! Orchestre National de Jazz "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin cover) From their all-Zeppelin tribute Close to Heaven . The String Quartet Tribute "A Favor House Atlantic" (Coheed and Cambria cover) Before you die, there will be a String Quartet Tribute to you. Siouxsie and the Banshees [...]