Released 1 June 2006 Label Smalltown Superjazzz | Release date 1 June 2006 | |
Recorded 19, 20 December 2005. Atlantis Studio, Stockholm People also search for Live at Blå, Bag It, Shinjuku Crawl | ||
Action Jazz is an album by The Thing, the trio of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. It was recorded in December 2005 and released the following year by Smalltown Superjazz.
Contents
Sounds like a sandwich
Recording and music
The album was recorded on 19 and 20 December 2005 at Atlantis Studio in Stockholm. "Ride the Sky" by Lightning Bolt "begins as an act of riff worship, the trio united in devotion to that primordial stomp, before Gustafsson breaks loose, howling pterodactyls fleeing the arcs of hot lava sputtering from his horn." "The Nut/The Light", by Gustafsson's daughter, Alva Melin, are "free-blues" and were recorded earlier by Gustafsson on his solo album Catapult.
Releases
Action Jazz was released on 1 June 2006 by Smalltown Superjazz.
Reception
The Quietus described Action Jazz as "More accessible than subsequent releases, [...it] finds a balance between the stoopid-fun [sic] of their garage material, the swing of their [Don] Cherry inspired free-bop, and the open-form weirdness to come."
Track listing
- "Sounds like a Sandwich" (Cato Salsa) – 02:04
- "Chiasma" (Yosuke Yamashita) – 04:58
- "Broken Shadows" (Ornette Coleman) – 02:28
- "Ride the Sky" (Lightning Bolt) – 02:13
- "Better Living..." (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love) – 07:25
- "Danny's Dream" (Lars Gullin) – 07:33
- "The Nut/The Light" (Alva Melin) – 06:38
- "...Through BBQ" (Gustafsson, Flaten, Nilssen-Love) – 09:10
- "Strayhorn" (Gustafsson) – 07:03
Personnel
Songs
1Sounds Like A Sandwich2:04
2Chiasma4:58
3Broken Shadows2:29