Welcome to the New Artists Page. This page definitely represents the 'thrill of discovery.' These are new artists putting out their own product. I hope you'll frequent this page often to check them out. When these artists make it big (and they will), these early recordings of theirs will definitely be collectors' items. Get them while you can!
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Neil Sadler/Theory of Forms ....CD $11.99
Featuring Neil Sadler, keyboards and percussion; Mike Keneally, guitar; Walt Fowler, trumpet and flugelhorn; Steve Fowler, alto sax; Bruce Fowler, trombone; Albert Wing, tenor sax; Kurt McGettrick, tenor sax; Bryan Beller, bass; Joel Woods, bass.
"This is my kind of delightfully frenetic, jazzish and fusiony art. It's quirky, energetic, odd-metered, free-blowin' yet structured abandon. Sadler's seven compositions are whirlpools of beat, whole tonal scales, staccato attacks and explosions -- all geared for great improvs and dynamics. Ah, there is room for Keneally fusion riffs and Torn-like howling sustain. Walt, Steve, and Bruce Fowler bring in a definite Miles Davis / Mark Isham aura along with that Steve Coleman, David Binney, and Brecker feel in many places. I hear Lost Tribe echoes. That Zappaesque or Raymond Scott eclectica fills many a niche in these complex pieces. I caught a sense of early Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House on "Suehiro". If you're into hot sax, brash brass, wild-n-weird guitar, bizarre synth atmospherics, complex percussion lines, and tight compositions, you'll get off on this. Guaranteed. This is beyond acid jazz, eludes fusion, twists tighter than freeform, and just flat out SMOKES!" - John Patterson/All About Jazz.
"Sadler's music sounds like some of the darkest dreams I've ever had - and I really like bad dreams. His is a unique voice and the absolute integrity of his vision oozes out of every fractured melody, foreboding rhythm pattern and sideways chord sequence he conjures up. I adore his music and I'm honored to have been a part of it." - Mike Keneally (who is all over this album!)
| Hamster Theater/Seige on Hamburger City ....CD $13.99 | Dave Willey/Songs from the Hamster Theater ....CD $11.99 |
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Hamster Theatre is: Dave Willey, accordian and guitar; Jon Stubbs, trombone and keyboards; Mark Harris, saxophones, clarinets and flute; Mike Johnson, guitar; Mike Fitzmaurice, basses and erhu; Raoul Rossiter, drums. Seige on Hamburger City is a new live recording by the critically acclaimed instrumental ensemble. Woodwinds and accordian cavort snakily in an ever changing bed of exciting rhythms. Drawing upon the diverse influences of jazz, progressive rock, European folks musics and the entire history of popular music, their unique assimilation is both challenging and rewarding. "Best Experimental Group of 1998" -- Westword
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