Schumacher, Stanley and The Music Now Ensemble – “Experimental Music Lab” – [Musikmacher Productions]

Stanley Schumacher’s Music Now Ensemble is an improvisational group that does some interesting experiments on this release. Sounds include trombones in pain, fun with just the mouthpiece, and spoken word. My favorite track is “What’s in a Name?” which is a send up of musical genre buzz words. Very unusual, sometimes annoying, often funny.