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Gregg Bendian's Interzone: Requiem for Jack Kirby
by Todd S. Jenkins
An impeccable tribute to an incomparable artist. Jack Kirby was one of the great comic-book creators, a dweller in places of long shadows and stark colors who fathered the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-Men and other legendary Marvel Comics. A musical tribute to a visual artist working in that medium might seem strange, but Interzone managed to pull off a coup. The music on Requiem is dead-on evocative of Kirby's grotesque otherworlds, and fascinating at that. From ...
read moreDon Preston Trio: Transformation
by AAJ Staff
Pianist Don Preston brings together an unusual combination of composure and freedom on his trio disc Transformation. While most of these pieces assume a reflective posture, the group also takes its liberties and spikes the mix with a good dose of healthy dissonance. That unassuming energy may reflect itself as melodic flights around the edges of formal harmony, as on “The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue." Or it may advance through stuttering collective improvisation, as on “Walking BatterieWoman." The key forces ...
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