Empty Cage Quartet - “Hello The Damage!” - [Pfmentum]

Fresh jazz sounds. Three long, eventful medleys of original jazz compositions from this first-rate group, formerly known as MTKJ Quartet. Trumpet and alto sax are the main voices on the front line, with flugelhorn, clarinet, and wood flute also making appearances. Many twists and turns as the group navigates its way through the ever-changing material, including a short but cool ambient percussion thing in CD1-Track 2. My favorite sections are probably the ones in which the bass and drums drop into a spare, Bitches Brew-type funk, while the horns provide melodic interest and inspired soloing on top (such as about halfway through CD1-Track 1 and also at the beginning of CD2). Recorded live in 2005.

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