{"id":11498,"date":"2016-09-21T05:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=11498"},"modified":"2016-09-21T08:49:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:49:37","slug":"hundred-word-reviews-for-september-2016-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/21\/hundred-word-reviews-for-september-2016-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cutting a swath through the pile of CDs in my inbox, here I present five more quick reviews.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11477\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/maynard_ferguson.jpg\" alt=\"maynard_ferguson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/maynard_ferguson.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/maynard_ferguson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01GIUNCJ6&amp;asins=B01GIUNCJ6&amp;linkId=400b2f7dc0d6efa022919606d99fd39a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>Maynard Ferguson \u2013 <\/b><i><b>Complete High Voltage<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nThe 1980s aren&#8217;t generally thought of as a fertile period in the jazz idiom. Fusion had had its moment, and what most people though of jazz in the 80s was a kind of watered-down instropop that would lay the groundwork for such abominations as <b>Kenny Gorelick<\/b>. By this time, Ferguson had gotten more than a taste of commercial success, and so with a stellar band, he made a pair of albums with the <i>High Voltage<\/i> title. While they don&#8217;t rival the best of Ferguson&#8217;s 1950s and &#8217;60s output, these tunes are several cuts above the smooth jazz of the era.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11483\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/quincy_jones.jpg\" alt=\"quincy_jones\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B019MX8CCI&amp;asins=B019MX8CCI&amp;linkId=befdeab71e24f322999b6fd1d65f75d5&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>Quincy Jones \u2013 <\/b><i><b>Live in Ludwigshafen 1961<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nWhile the German <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/02\/treasures-from-the-vaults-the-jazzhaus-series-part-one\/\">Jazzhaus <\/a>label got off to an auspicious start, internal problems caused the label to all but cease operations for more than a year. This release is the first since they&#8217;ve gotten things going again. Continuing with their \u201cBig Bands Live\u201d series, this release displays the characteristic Jazzhaus recordings are known for, namely jaw-droppingly excelling recording quality. Jones and his band are on fire, and other than the material, there&#8217;s nothing about this date that lets you know it wasn&#8217;t recorded last week. Ambitious numbers coexist alongside more mainstream material, and the live audience is loving every note.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11487\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bill_lloyd.jpg\" alt=\"bill_lloyd\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bill_lloyd.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bill_lloyd-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bill_lloyd-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01GBQGJSI&amp;asins=B01GBQGJSI&amp;linkId=852d43b9b064b07312bc9e6c5107a251&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>Bill Lloyd \u2013 <\/b><i><b>Lloyd*ering<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nThough he came to fame as half of the country-pop duo <b>Foster &amp; Lloyd<\/b>, Bill Lloyd has always been a dyed-in-the-wool power popper of the highest order (his association with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/17\/interview-jamie-steve-jamie-hoover-steve-stoeckel\/\"><b>Spongetones<\/b><\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/19\/hoo-ever-land-a-chat-with-jamie-hoover-part-1\/\"><b>Jamie Hoover<\/b><\/a> hammers home that point). His solo material is transcendent pop with heat-rending harmonies, and he cranks the jangle quotient up to eleven (\u201cone poppier\u201d). On this set \u2013 which is, best as I can tell, a compilation of things he&#8217;s done over many years, Lloyd turns in knowing covers of some of the material that&#8217;s influenced him. I love the originals; I love his covers of &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11478\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingbees_rock.jpg\" alt=\"kingbees_rock\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingbees_rock.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingbees_rock-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01ENBCSM4&amp;asins=B01ENBCSM4&amp;linkId=ebed94d941ff9661ce0bb2a54f84817d&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>Kingbees \u2013 <\/b><i><b>The Big Rock<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nI love Omnivore Recordings; they&#8217;re among the most thoughtful and tasteful of the archive\/reissue labels in existence today. Some of their projects have wide commercial appeal, and some are clearly labors of love, reissues of stuff that record nerds and\/or critics adore. This falls somewhere in between; the Kingbees scored exactly zero hits, but their music straddles the so-called new wave sound with the kind of rockabilly the <b>Blasters<\/b> would do. I suspect their being on RSO Records didn&#8217;t help their hip cred. You missed this when it came out \u2013 we all did \u2013 but it&#8217;s worth digging now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11479\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sloan_tribute.jpg\" alt=\"sloan_tribute\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sloan_tribute.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sloan_tribute-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Various Artists \u2013 <\/b><i><b>If It Feels Good Do It: A Sloan Tribute<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nSloan is perhaps the most under-appreciated indie rock \/ powerpop band in existence today. Their most recent release, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/09\/album-review-sloan-commonwealth\/\"><i>Commonwealth<\/i><\/a>, is as near a perfect album as I&#8217;ve heard in years. But of course the powerpop community recognizes the greatness of the band from Nova Scotia. This Futureman Records collection of 23 Sloan tunes covered by like-minded bands is a notch above most tributes, because the artists involved <i>get<\/i> what makes Sloan a band worth covering. Some of my fave acts in the idiom are here, including <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/06\/hundred-word-reviews-for-july-2016-part-3\/\"><b>Gretchen&#8217;s Wheel<\/b><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/11\/everything-comes-together-the-paul-john-interview-part-two\/\"><b>Paul Myers<\/b><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/09\/album-review-an-american-underdog-always-on-the-run\/\"><b>Andy Reed<\/b><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/08\/album-review-the-legal-matters\/\"><b>Keith Klingensmith<\/b><\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/24\/album-review-the-well-wishers-dreaming-of-the-west-coast\/\"><b>Well Wishers<\/b><\/a> and more. Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cutting a swath through the pile of CDs in my inbox, here I present five more quick reviews. 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