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Treats for The Nightwalker

This Album is Still Kickin' My Ass!!! Funked-up Jazz with a serious compositional stroke.....





From Allaboutjazz:

"Trombonist Josh Roseman keeps winning that “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” poll by Downbeat Magazine. Treats for the Nightwalker, his second recording as a leader, should knock him out of contention for that award. He should get a bunch of recognition for this set.

Treats for the Nightwalker is one of those uncategorizables: it's all over the place, with Roseman's sound drawing from seemingly everything he's heard. A member of the acclaimed Dave Holland Big Band, the trombonist has put together a sound that is orchestral in its scope, in no ordinary way. The sound of the Josh Roseman Unit exudes a turntablist's sensibiliy, Funk grooves, M-Base tinges and more, stirred up with interludes of good old-fashioned straight ahead jazz.


Parallels: I find myself thinking of Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, but where Bowie's group explored modern sounds with a classic organic instrumentation, Roseman brings electronics and clean grooves into the mix.


Roseman's trombone glows round and warm as he takes a short solo after an initial fanfare on the opener, ”Sedate Remix.” Fifteen musicians contribute, with Peter Apfelbaum's icy cold flute solo chilling things down over a wash of strings. A smooth groove, a meticulously mapped out cacophony. Another parallel: Miles Davis's work with Marcus Miller ? an underrated segment of the fusioneer's career. And of particular interest here (and we're still just talking about the opener) is a quartet of strings ? violinist Mark Feldman, violist Mat Maneri, cellists Dana Leong and Rufus Cappadocia ? that creates a pastel-streaked wash behind behind the wah-wahing guitars and trombone, the driving percussion, the Twilight Zone keyboard effects. A ten minute 21st century symphony.


The title tune includes the strings again, with Apfelbaum blowing a hot tenor this time out and the trombone/sax mix sounding as right as it gets. The atmosphere here feels dangerous, with a denseness of sound that makes me think of Phil Spector on a jazz kick.


A sprawling, many-faceted outing. It'll probably take a hundred spins to absorb it all. If it were a novel, you'd call it Dickensian (or better yet, Pynchon-esque) in its scope. This ambitious project succeeds in grand fashion."

- Dan McClenaghan



Track listing: Organ Invocation, Sedate Remix. LDSN, Treats for teh Nightwalker, Are You There?, Long Day, Short Night, Meera, Prospect, Regression, Piano Outro

Personnel: Josh Roseman--trombone; Peter Apfelbaum--tenor sax, flute, organ; Barney McCall--piano, keyboards, dub tactics; Ben Monder--guitar; Jon Maron--bass; Billy Kilson--drums; Special guests: Russell Gunn--trumpet, flugelhorn; Myron Walden--alto, flute; Chris Potter--saxophone; Jay Rodrigues--bari, flute; Peck Allmond-- trumpet, flute; Liberty Ellman--guitar; Adam Rogers--guitar; Patrice Blanchard--bass; J.T. Lewis--drums; Diego Voglino--drums; Ben Perosky--percussion; Daniel Moreno--percussion; Mark Feldman--violin; Mat Maneri-- viola; Dan Leong--cello; Rufus Cappadocia--cello; Josh Camp--accordion.











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[Edited 2/22/07 17:01pm]

I've heard it and there's some serious danger there.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

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theAudience said:

Tell me about it! Almost wrecked the car, the first time I listened....



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paligap said:

I wonder how they keep a band that size afloat financially?
They must all have other gigs and come together for this project.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

That's it exactly! They're all in other groups (even Josh is in at least two other bands)-a lot of them lead their own bands, some even have a few albums out...I guess they get together when they can....




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