The Sorts - Live at The Funnel Bar, Dublin 6th December 1998

Estava arrumar os cd´s e re-descobri os The Sotrs e o seu Contemporary Music. Um execelente disco garanto! Free Jazz num mix indie como nunca mais voltei a ouvir. As referências sobre eles não são muitas deixo-vos o que descobri:


 Sorts are a primarily instrumental post-rock band based in Washington, D.C. and formed in 1994 by Josh LaRue (guitar, vocals), Stuart Fletcher (bass) and Chris Farrall (drums). LaRue, Fletcher and Farrall comprised the band's core, appearing on all recordings, but they have been joined on several releases by Carlo Cennamo (sax), Vin Novara (keyboards) and Joseph P. McRedmond (guitar).


Albums

• ^{Common Time (1996)}
• ^{This is Gateway Sounds (Spring, 1997)}
• ^{More There (Slowdime Records, 1998)}
• ^{Hawaiian Bronco (Aesthetics, 1999)}
• ^{Contemporary Music (Slowdime Records, 1999)}
• ^{Six Plus (Luckyhorse Industries, 2003)}

^Singles

• ^{"How Did You Get There?" (Southern Records, 1997)}

Review

by John Vallier

Contemporary Music is the second Slowdime release by the Washington, D.C., sextet the Sorts. This CD contains seven superbly played funk-dub-jazz instrumental tunes. The Sorts consist of Chris Farrall on drums percussion (formerly with Hoover), Stuart Fletcher on bass, ex-Rain Like the Sound of Trains member Joshua LaRue on guitar and synth, Carlo Cennamo on alto sax, Vin Novara on electronic piano and percussion, and Ken Schweitzer on congas. The band has a relaxed feel and articulate tasty phrasings, they write creative compositions, and they manage to play their music with a powerful and understated aggressiveness. Five of the tunes on Contemporary Music are originals, one is a cover of Ornette Coleman's "Una Muy Bonita," while another is a version of Kool and the Gang's "Let the Music Take Your Mind." While the original compositions were recorded at Washington, D.C.'s Pirate House, the two covers were recorded live during one of their concerts in Faenza, Italy. An impressive CD -- especially in this age of too many electronically canned music projects -- Contemporary Music is yet another welcomed Slowdime release.

^{In wikipédia.com}