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...joyful noise" that, says TIME's Jay Cocks, is "not only unique in the jazz canon -- it's also uniquely beautiful." The Verve Records release, "a kind of informal jazz eucharist," pairs "two instrumental Olympians playing with improvisational brio and numinous respect for sources and traditions." Pianist Jones and bassist Haden have drawn on some history and autobiography and a little private meditation, set them deep in the spirit, then drawn them out into a jazz pilgrimage through Black spirituals, white hymns and folk tunes from Ireland and French Canada. "This isn't just great music," says Cocks...
...emanating from Sander's hornseemed like fiery blasts from the bowels of theEarth as the group reached a peak of model frenzy.Sanders seemed incapable of sustaining theenergy-level that this type of music demands,though, so these moments of epiphany werefleeting. In fact, the most convincing solos wereplayed by bassist Steve Neel, whose playing wasboth energetic and inventive...
Noticeably absent was former Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Filling in for Jones were Paul Thomas and Kevin Jones (no relation), who flawlessly executed parts in such difficult numbers as "Gallows Pole" and "The Song Remains the Same...
...pressure is getting to the band, which has been through difficult times lately--Love's husband Kurt Cobain committed suicide last April, and the group's bassist, Kristen Pfaff, died of an apparent heroin overdose last June. During rehearsals, Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson snap at each other. "Shut up, Eric," Love says at one point. "You're the one with the girlfriend on the cover of Playboy." (Erlandson is dating actress Drew Barrymore, who recently appeared nude in that magazine.) The testy exchange makes one wonder, Can this band pull it together in time to perform...
...Buckshot LeFonque, Marsalis has concocted a veritable musical melting pot: a funk bassist, an electric guitarist, a latin percussionist, two keyboardists (one on Fender Rhodes, the other piano), a jazz horn section (trombone, trumpet and Marsalis on alto and tenor saxophones), a hip-hop drummer and a rap DJ, with intermittent help from a house rapper and three Caribbean dancehall rappers...