Todd Sickafoose
"Tiny Resistors"
Cryptogramophone-
CG138(
2008)
file under: Post Bop, West Coast Jazz
Shane Endsley - trumpet
Ben Wendel - tenor sax, bassoon
Alan Ferber - trombone
Skerik - baritone sax
Adam Levy - guitar, acoustic guitar
Mike Gamble - guitar, effects
Allison Miller - drums, percussion
Simon Lott - drums, percussion
Todd Sickafoose - acoustic & electric bass, piano, wurlitzer, vibraphone, marimba, bells, celeste, accordion
Andrew Bird - violin & looping, whistling
Ani DiFranco - voice, telephone mic, electric ukelele
Grand melodies, shifting textures, and thick rhythms radiate from Todd Sickafoose's music. On Tiny Resistors, the bassist/composer matches his 8-piece New York band with a pair of guests, Andrew Bird and Ani DiFranco, to create a jazz record with the muscle and scope of an indie-rock orchestra. Throughout its 68 minutes of music, the record evokes images: the mysterious flora of a future epoch, the revelation of a secret message scribbled in invisible ink, an exodus of buzzing bees, and the silent sadness of an underwater piano, drowned in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. It is these visions, and others, that inspire the 11 original compositions on Tiny Resistors, Sickafoose's third and most lushly-produced release to date. This is music from a thinker whom the San Francisco Chronicle calls "A captivating improviser, imaginative composer, and master of collaboration."
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1CD-
$15.00
Track
Listing
(click linked titles for mp3)
1.
Future Flora
[6:27]
2.
Invisible Ink, Revealed
[5:09]
3.
Bye Bye Bees
[10:43]
4.
Pianos of the 9th Ward
[6:06]
5.
Everyone is Going
[8:02]
6.
Cloud of Dust
[6:09]
7.
Warm Stone
[4:47]
8.
Paper Trombone
[6:59]
9.
Whistle
[3:30]
10.
Tiny Resistors
[6:45]
11.
Barnacle
[3:51]
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