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The Benevento Russo DuoNot Exactly "Jazz"
What if you can’t quite call it “jazz”? Well, then it’ll probably end up on this New Sounds program, which is chock full of music that is jazzy, but not “jazz.” There’s music from the Benevento Russo Duo, two soul mates who take keyboards and drums and bring them to looser, scruffier, and funkier heights of rock-influenced chamber jazz. Also, listen to mysterious musical narratives by Robert Stillman, who takes saxophone, clarinet, drums, pump organs and out-of-tune old pianos to make something delicate and urgent, and sort of “jazzy,” even. Then there’s also the eclectic, mixed-up playfulness of Aksak Maboul, a band who squish together Gypsy music; primitive drum machines and demented "human sequencer" organ lines, along with assorted snatches of fake ethnic, fake jazz or fake classical music. Rounding out the show is music by the Lounge Lizards, who draw on anything from James Brown, Indian brass-band music, and Nino Rota to create their “not jazz” blend.
PROGRAM #2514, Jazzy, But Is It Jazz? (First aired on Wed., 2/22/06)
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RECORDING |
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Robert Stillman |
Robert Stillman’s Horses |
Half-Luke [7:00] |
Mill Pond #004
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Lounge Lizards |
No Pain For Cakes |
No Pain For Cakes [6:00] |
Island #842867 available at Amazon.com* |
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Lounge Lizards |
Queen Of All Ears |
The First And Royal Queen [4:00] |
Strange and Beautiful Music #0015
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Benevento-Russo Duo |
Best Reason to Buy the Sun |
Bronko’s Blues [6:00] |
Ropeadope #0962
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Robert Stillman |
Robert Stillman’s Horses |
Love Theme [9:30] |
See above. |
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Aksak Maboul |
Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine |
Milano Per Caso [3:00] |
Crammed Discs #011, out of print, but try Amazon.com |
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The Bad Plus |
Give |
Iron Man [6:00] |
Columbia #58331 **
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