Glutter

Musique

Tower Records is closing, and during the closed out sale, I went into it and bought a few jazz albums. Not knowing enough about Jazz, but wanting to expand my horizons, I really didn't know what names, only able to look in the covers, and what kind of instruments were on it.

I had a few criterias, nothing that looked too traditional, sticking to duos and trios as I like minimalist sounds, and whatever that caught my fancy. Mainly I was trying to get some music by the cover. I chanced upon an orange cover with an abstract cover. I liked the simplicity of it, so I got it.

I love the music. It's exactly what I like. Sadly I can't really explain what I like about it. Except it's organic, it's simple, and it just fits. So I would like to recommend it.

Frank's latest CD, released in May 2006, is Play (Palmetto), with Masa Kamaguchi on bass and Paul Motian on drums. It features seven of Kimbrough's original compositions, along with two by Motian. In keeping with Frank's desire to make music in the most organic way possible, the recording was made with the musicians playing in the same room, without headphones, in a five-hour session with no rehearsals prior to the recording date.

My friend Pieter K, drum 'n' bass producer from the Breakbeat Science Label has a new album out with indie rocker Amy Jacob. They first collaborated on one track on Pieter's debut album "Everything All the Time."

They now have a new project: The Four Level

Check out their myspace page and listen to a sample. http://www.myspace.com/thefourlevel