{"id":737,"date":"2009-03-06T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T16:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=737"},"modified":"2009-03-06T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T16:39:26","slug":"the-wire-review-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/the-wire-review-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – SLF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Ben Watson
\nSource: <\/span>The Wire<\/strong><\/span> , Aug 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

“SLF reject the motifs that have congealed into cliche, and come up with a music where intuitive rhythm and analytical intellect jostle each other and become one… ludicrously superb.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Ben Watson Source: The Wire , Aug 2004 “SLF reject the motifs that have congealed into cliche, and come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,51,50,60,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht002","category-releases","category-reviews","category-sonic-liberation-front"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":907,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-slf\/","url_meta":{"origin":737,"position":0},"title":"Reviews – SLF","author":"admin","date":"March 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Source: Jazzwise (UK) \"Excellent Philadelphia octet centering on the Yoruba drums of Kevin Diehl, with Ornette\/Cherrylike horns, chant and hints of electronics in a hypnotic set played with both intensity and a sense of abandon.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1810,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/new-slf-with-sunny-murray-due-in-ari\/","url_meta":{"origin":737,"position":1},"title":"New SLF with Sunny Murray out in May 2011","author":"Daniel Piotrowski","date":"November 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"High Two is excited to announce that our first release in over a year will be Sonic Liberation Front Meets Sunny Murray, a CD that includes our fave ensemble with one of free jazz's most important figures. 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