All That Jazz
June 11th, 2007 by YuriI just spent the whole of last weekend up in Genting watching the inaugural Genting International Jazz Fest. In a word, Wow.
In more words, it was bloody fantastic. The musicianship was brilliant. Granted, some of the acts didn’t play jazz that I connected with, but there were a few acts that totally blew me away.
The two acts that took a jagged-edged knife and slit my throat were:
Hazmat Modine - they call their music ‘whorehouse jazz’, and I couldn’t agree more. Gnarly jazz stuff that makes you wanna drink homemade beer and smoke hand-rolled cigarettes.
Tangalgo - A trio which just bled music from their open veins. My absolute favourite song from the entire fest was this 5/4 piece which started off with the double bass and ended up being about 15 minutes long. My eyes were closed in ecstasy just letting the music wash over me.
Check these guys out. They kill.
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June 12th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Hey-O!
I’m back to active duty i.e. blogging and the first thing I find is you with a new website? Too cool, man. Congratulations all round.
One these days I should interview you for my blog, or maybe even submit it to a proper magazine or sumthin. What say you, bro?
June 13th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
GRR! I would kill to be there!! Tangalgo??! *emerald-green with envy*
BTW, nice site
Dont you love it when things are shiny brand new?
June 26th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
how come everyone went to genting and never ajak? *sulk*