Release Date: 07 December 2018
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558276026
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 07 December 2018
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558276026
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
A genre-defying supernova of electronics, hip hop, metal, folk and jazz., Bad Luck's Four "bears down on you like a cyclone of fire" (The Stranger). The duo of saxophone/electronics player Neil Welch and drummer Chris Icasiano met ten years ago as jazz students at the University of Washington and built a friendship as they discovered free improvisation together. The epic long-form compositions from their previous 3 albums celebrated the tradition of the free jazz legends, while Four condenses that epic energy into shorter rhythmic forms. Welch screams and breathes into his horn, acoustically creates chords, and uses electronics more familiar to guitar players, while Icasiano produces sounds and structures that can seem impossible.
"Bad Luck chop up time and space into jagged, unpredictable shapes, but sometimes they hit upon a quasi-funk groove that sounds like an asymmetrical avalanche. Most of the time, you have no idea where they're going, but they impel you to follow closely, no matter what." - Dave Segal, The Stranger
Tracklisting
The Eric Ineke JazzXpress Feat. Tineke Postma
Various Artists
Xose Miguelez
Teun Wisse & Teun Braken
Linos Piano Trio
Duke Ellington
Clemens Gottwald
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Howl Quartet
Fred Hersch Trio
Kerry Politzer
Vincent Courtois Trio
Mike Westbrook Orchestra
Harper Trio
Jordan Williams
Lafayette Harris Jr.