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Garlicks: Mutant Standards

Read "Mutant Standards" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


The Luxembourg jazz group Garlicks gives a modern spin on the standard jazz repertoire. The name of their 1991 debut release, Mutant Standards, may sound far-fetched—yet it is actually appropriately titled. Familiar jazz standards are recomposed into contemporary creations that are strange yet easily identifiable. But what sets this recording apart from others is exceptional musicianship and respect for the source material.

The recording features seven vocal and two instrumental pieces covering a range of standards, such as “Someday My ...

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Garlicks Jazzquartet: Mosaiamo

Read "Mosaiamo" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


It's hard to say how much the cover art may have influenced this impression, but Mosaiamo conjures urban images, a bustling city in the dark of night, black skies sliced by angles of cold bright neon, an ebb and flow of traffic, pedestrian and vehicular.The Garlicks Jazzquartet mines the saxophone and rhythm section cityscape; a much-explored sound, rendered here in dark tones and shifting grooves. Saxophonist Jitz Jeitz leads the group, with a hollow tone that brings Marty ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Mutant Standards

Independent Records
2004

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Mosaiamo

Independent Records
2003

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