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- Date Released: April 18, 2006
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary
- Label: Palmetto / Iris
Non-commercial jazz to win over even the most jazz-phobic of listeners.
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We Say...
Reflective but not soul-scarred, groovy more often than swinging, intricate yet ever tuneful, Ben Allison's music is non-commercial jazz you could play for a jazz-phobic, yoga-instructor roommate. Truth be told, some of the bassist-composer's music suffers from a granola earnestness that calls out for a "difficult" collaborator, and no one like that moseys (sorry) onto Cowboy Justice, but the album succeeds nonetheless. As on 2004's Buzz
, Allison flirts with rock and R&B, bringing in electric guitarist Steve Cardenas and giving "Emergency" a retarded conclusion that might have them head-banging, albeit lightly, at the Village Vanguard. The quartet, completed by Jeff Ballard on drums and Ron Horton on trumpet and flugelhorn, also shines on a stately reading of John Barry's "Midnight Cowboy" and a Frisell-like re-recording of Allison's "Weazy." According to the liner notes, much of the album has activist origins ("Tricky Dick" was inspired by the "misdeeds, lies, and manipulations of Dick Cheney"), but the mood is pensive-to-hopeful rather than inflamed. It's called peaceful resistance.
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| 01. |  |
Tricky Dick |
6:36 |
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| 02. | |
Talking Heads |
5:57 |
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| 03. | |
Hey Man |
5:22 |
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| 04. | |
Emergency |
5:33 |
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| 05. | |
Midnight Cowboy |
4:56 |
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| 06. | |
Tricky Rides Again |
3:18 |
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| 07. | |
Weazy |
4:57 |
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| 08. | |
Ruby's Roundabout |
4:47 |
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| 09. | |
Blabbermouth |
5:45 |
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09 Total Tracks, 47:11 Total Length
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Credits
- Matt Balitsaris - Engineer // Matt Balitsaris - Engineer // Matt Balitsaris - Executive Producer // Matt Balitsaris - Executive Producer // Matt Balitsaris - Mixing // Matt Balitsaris - Mixing // Ben Allison - Guitar (Acoustic) // Ben Allison - Bass // Ben Allison - Producer // Ben Allison - Liner Notes // Ben Allison - Design // Ben Allison - Mixing // Steve Cardenas - Guitar (Acoustic) // Steve Cardenas - Guitar (Electric) // A.T. Michael MacDonald - Mastering // Ron Horton - Trumpet // Ron Horton - Flugelhorn // Jeff Ballard - Drums // Lourdes Delgado - Photography // Meg Cortright - Associate Producer // Lindsay Brust - Associate Producer // Terry Coen - Associate Producer // Pat Rustici - Associate Producer
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