Grateful Jazz
| Grateful Jazz | ||||
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| Released | 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Studio | Tapeworks, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut; Pet Peev Studios, Talent, Oregon | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic music, jam rock, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 1:05:23 | |||
| Label | Pet Peev Music CD20151 | |||
| Producer | Jeff Pevar | |||
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Grateful Jazz is the fourth album by the instrumental
Reception
In a review for Relix, Jeff Tamarkin called the album "JID's magnum opus," and wrote: "'Dark Star,' saved for last, is unlike any the Dead ever played: equally experimental and sonically adventurous, but owing as much to classic '70s fusion as to anything that ever came out of Kesey's place. Inspired stuff, this."[5]
Writing for The Working Musician, Roger Zee commented: "The band reanimates The Dead with a broad palette of colors and styles... The pedigrees of the players shine through... These superlative musicians put new skin on the bones of The Dead and elevate it to a 'Higher Love!'"[4]
Bob Girouard, writing for Modern Drummer, praised Morgenstein's playing on the album, calling it a "showcase for [his] versatility," and stating that it finds him "alternately playing with sensitivity and ferocity, maximizing his capabilities rhythmically and melodically, and always walking the delicate line of respecting tradition and exploring boldly."[6]
Track listing
- "Cumberland Blues" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh) – 3:38
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 5:56
- "Jack Straw" (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 9:12
- "Truckin'" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 8:13
- "Attics of my Life" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 9:21
- "Friend of the Devil" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, John Dawson) – 2:26
- "Uncle John's Band" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 7:02
- "Mr. Charlie/One More Saturday Night" (Robert Hunter, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan/Bob Weir) – 5:55
- "Dark Star" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 13:24
Personnel
- Jeff Pevar – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo
- T. Lavitz– piano, organ, synthesizer
- David Livolsi – bass
- Rod Morgenstein – drums, washboard
Special guests
- Alphonso Johnson – 5 string double bass
- Luis Conte – percussion
- Bill Evans – soprano saxophone
- Jerry Goodman – violin, electric violin
- Bill Holloman – trumpet, saxophone
- Howard Levy – harmonica
References
- ^ "Jazz Is Dead: Grateful Jazz". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ "Jazz Is Dead: Grateful Jazz". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Pevar, Jeff (2015). Grateful Jazz (liner notes). Jazz Is Dead. Pet Peev Music. CD20151.
- ^ a b Zee, Roger (October 21, 2015). "Jazz Is Dead: Grateful Jazz". The Working Musician. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (January 5, 2016). "Jazz Is Dead: Grateful Jazz". Relix. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Girouard, Bob (June 2017). "Rod Morgenstein". Modern Drummer. p. 18.
