Volume 37/Number 341
October 8, 2013
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
Copyright 2013 Midwest Record
FLAMING HAKAMA
JAZZ COMBUSTION UPRISING/Self-Immolation:
I read the liner notes, I read the hype sheet, I read the inside of the cd jacket and I don’t know what the hell these guys are talking about. From all the stuff they have to say, you would expect this to be dissonant, malcontent jazz but it’s anything but. So, keep it real, don’t read anything, sit back and enjoy.
With solid doses of well played and written old man jazz melded with 50s jazz/blues, this date gives you that back in the day yet modern jazz take bottomed by some killer playing from all involved.
This would be at home with all those feisty 50s labels that were eventually swallowed up by Fantasy, Blue Note and Verve. If you can let the music speak for itself, you won’t be disappointed. Forget the politics, this stuff doesn’t belong in the church basement anyway. Check it out.