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River Cow Orchestra -
BOVINITY INFINITY:
As many regular readers of this 'zine know, I've been reviewing works from our
friend CRGIII for some many, MANY years now. This group, RCO from MO
clearly "tastes like jazz", "feels like jazz" & "is jazz"! What I
appreciate most about the music on "BI" is that it's different, in fact,
it's definitely
different - a great vid demonstrates just how jazzy-kewl the group gets - at
YOUTUBE, you'll find "Investment
Bankers". Just think of the attitude that our own hero
Frank Zappa expressed in so many of his compositions, and then combine it with excellent
recording, boppin' backbeat & vocals from a couple of the 8 or 9 players on
the album, & you'll have a pretty
good idea of where this music will take your head! You can hear streams at
their MYSPACE site... &
as you listen, you can read the notes, which will tell you (as I suspected) that
this is all improvised - which makes it "infinitely" better for this reviewer...
This jazz isn't stock schlock, & can't in anyway be
confused with the dreaded "smooth" category, but it's right up my alley, 'coz it
will get you all excited unless you're deader than an old titches' wit
already. I sincerely believe this is the best creative venture I've
ever heard from a midwestern group of cows & give it my MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, as well as the "PICK"
of this issue for "best creative jazz"! Get more information at
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