Review: Four Flies has released an extraordinary vinyl edition of Mario Migliardi's soundtrack for Matalo!, a unique score that breaks all the conventions of the Spaghetti Western genre. This 1970 film by Milanese director Cesare Canevari features a dark, atmospheric take on the traditional Western, with minimal dialogue and visually experimental techniques that elevate the music to the forefront. Migliardi, a versatile composer, conductor, and Hammond organist, blends psych-rock, electronic textures, and concrete sounds into a compelling auditory experience. Drawing on influences from Jimi Hendrix to Luciano Berio, he mixes acoustic guitars and folk percussion with innovative electronic processing, creating a sound that feels both groundbreaking and timeless. The album's centerpiece is a nine-minute hard blues rock jam featuring vocals by Giano Ton (Giacomo Tosti), finally available on vinyl in its extended version. The score's dynamic phaser effects, created with a Leslie filter, add to the soundtrack's distinctiveness and its packaging - in a beautifully designed gatefold jacket by Eric Adrien Lee - adds a great visual touch to the overall package.
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (LP2: Sonny Rollins & The Contemporary Leaders) (5:28)
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (4:49)
How High The Moon (7:44)
You (4:25)
I've Found A New Baby (3:39)
Alone Together (5:59)
In The Chapel In The Moonlight (6:43)
The Song Is You (5:43)
I'm An Old Cowhand (alternate take - LP3: Contemporary alternate takes) (10:01)
Come, Gone (alternate take) (10:30)
Way Out West (alternate take) (6:37)
The Song Is You (alternate take) (6:15)
You (alternate take) (4:13)
I've Found A New Baby (alternate take) (4:20)
Review: This triple pack box set from Craft Recordings takes a look at legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his run for Lester Koenig's revered Los Angeles label Go West. As well as presenting seminal albums Way Out West and Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders in full, this collection also presents six additional alternative takes from both album sessions, allowing listeners to hear the development of such iconic recordings as 'Come, Gone'. With additional liner notes from noted music historian Ashley Kahn and an interview with Rollins from 2021, this is an authoritative look at a true legend in the legacy of jazz.
Review: Sun Ra and the Arkestra defy convention as a non-traditional studio ensemble and each record in their vast discography proves this as it unfolds as a celestial journey. This release, Thunder Of The Gods sheds light on the group's origins. 'Calling Planet Earth - We'll Wait For You' emerges from Ra's Universe In Blue tapes, from around 1971, while the title track and 'Moonshots Across the Sky' hail from the 1966 Strange Strings sessions. Unearthed by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive, these gems showcase Ra's sonic artistry. Modern Harmonic pairs the music with visual art by Chesley Bonestell, who blends his iconic piece 'Formation of the Earth's Continents' with Ra's cosmic soundscapes to great effect.
Review: Incense Music for Bed Room is a new compilation series from Incense Music that was curated by Toru Hashimoto and legendary Japanese downtempo and Balearic master Calm. It has been teased by a great little 7" and now the full album arrives and features Haruka Nakamura's beautiful tribute to Bill Evans' timeless piece 'Soiree', 'Valsa de Euridice', which is a rendition of Vinicius de Moraes' classic from Etepalma, the delightfully downtempo jazz sounds of Joe Barbieri's 'Leggera' and almost six-minutes of neo-classical piano bliss from Mia Doi Todd & Andres Renteria's 'Emotion.' A perfectly soothing tonic for these trying times.
I Loves You Porgy (feat Cecile McLorin Salvant) (5:37)
Wanderers (feat Terence Blanchard) (7:28)
Throughout (feat Bill Frisell) (6:47)
Speak Joy (feat Elena Pinderhughes) (7:49)
Tenderly (feat Jose James) (6:24)
In Anima (feat Tigran Hamasyan) (8:03)
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