Brilliant Corners (Coloured Viny LP) DOL BLUE:Default Title

Brilliant Corners (Coloured Viny LP) DOL BLUE:Default TitleFew composers or improvisers can match the originality of pianist thelonious monk. quirky yet rigorously logical, monk's playful but always purposeful choice of skewed melodies and interrupted rhythm patterns gave the bebop movement, and jazz in total, a new sound that was totally modern. although he created a surprisingly limited body of compositions, his impact on the vocabulary and canon of jazz is second to none, including such prolific giants as

Upside Down is unusual in that it includes a second lead vocalist

Jose Gonzalez counts bossa nova and Joy Division among his influences

on 12 brand new wordless

To be honest

Bathed in reverb and shifting eq

This is juxtaposed with the bewitching Blankets Of Sorrow that demonstrates the more intimate Bear's Den sound and explores themes of familial love and of trying to reach someone who can no longer be reached

"Without sunlight

but because of this expanded role for guest singers and writers

the band re-isse their much-loved album with six previously unreleased bonus tracks via Because Music

A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene and an active recent addition to the New York scene

The new bass players for this go around are Steve McDonald from the legendary Los Angeles glam punk band Redd Kross and their old friend Krist Novoselic from Nirvana

two on Stones Throw