Noboru Jones

The Noboru Jones Experience: The J.O.B.

by John Barron
August 12, 2007

The Noboru Jones Experience is an eclectic, international trio consisting of percussionist, and California native, Noboru Jones, Swedish guitarist Lutte Berg and Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano. The haunting, exquisite blending of acoustic and electronic sounds on The J.O.B. creates a heavy wash of emotion, high in intensity, yet ethereal and meditative.

The disc's six collaborative pieces are all experimental in nature. The opening track, “The Middlesex, combines Jones' slow grooving funk with uplifting melodic flourishes. “Lullaby patiently builds to an ...