Doctor Bob – “It’s About Time” – [Edgetone Records]

Each one of these pieces is a listening experience. It’s not like you can have these on as background–you need to pay attention to each experiment, with its vocalizations, percussion, words, strings, field sounds…holistic and gestalt are words that characterize this medicine from the doctor. Interspersed throughout are PSAs giving instructions on what to do if the bomb falls. Read the liner notes. Start with 9 as an example of a jazzy setting for poetic political commentary. Wisdom through music.