{"id":912,"date":"2009-03-17T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=912"},"modified":"2009-03-17T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T13:35:51","slug":"912-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/912-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews – SLF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Jeff Stockton<\/a>
\nSource: All About Jazz
\nLink to this article<\/a><\/p>\n

Twelve musicians play in the Sonic Liberation Front on Change Over Time<\/em>, but only three appeared on the group’s previous release, 2004\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s critically acclaimed Ashe a Go- Go<\/em>, including musical directors Kevin Diehl and Chuckie Joseph. As you would expect from a band led by drummers, the music leads with an African\/Cuban\/Caribbean percussive attack that reminds you of David Murray\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work with the Gwo-Ka Masters, Fela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blend of ripping saxophone, multiplicity of drums and hypnotic vocals\u2014and, when they talk trash and funk it up on the title track, the Rebirth Brass Band.SLF sprinkles a bit of electronica here and there, as well, enhancing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Accord, Baby\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by providing a bass line which allows for Matt Engle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plaintive playing with his bow. On \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Glass Eyes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which begins echoey and dirge-like, Engle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bass is punishing and Dan Scofield (Engle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bandmate in Shot x Shot) and altoist Julian Pressley (sideman for Illinois Jacquet and Odean Pope) bruise with horn solos that recall Ornette fronting Prime Time. On Engle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own composition \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dominical,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he gives himself an excellent opportunity to show off his pizzicato skill, but occasionally the electronic effects get in the way and interrupt the flow. On \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ouaga to Bobo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the transistor noise finally yields to the ever-present bata drum beat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Considering the near-complete lineup overhaul, the theme of Change Over Time<\/em> is the evolution of a band and its sound. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more a testament to the multicultural work ethic and rich cosmopolitanism of SLF\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Philadelphia than any departure from the music this band has previously made. Sonic Liberation Front makes jazz music with ears tuned to the big world around them.
\nTrack listing: The Next Thing That Happens; D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Accord, Baby; Dominical; First Rain; Omio; Glass Eyes; Ouaga to Bobo; Change Over Time.<\/p>\n

Personnel: Kevin Diehl: drums, Yoruba-Cuban percussion, electronica; Chuckie Joseph: drums, Yoruba- Cuban percussion, vocals, guitar; Julian Pressley: alto saxophone; Dan Scofield: alto saxophone; Matt Engle: bass; Rich Robinson; Yoruba-Cuban percussion; Ira Bond: Yoruba- Cuban percussion; Bart Miltenberger: trumpet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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