| Review by Tube Man January 9, 2006 (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S): |
As usual, I am too busy to care about spelling, and this album did not impress me enough for me to make time to describe it in detail. BUt breifly, this is an all woman jazz band that has somewhat of a strange style. There are not vocals, in the strict sense of the word. THey make liberal use of short repetitive phrases and frequently, use the repetition to support a soloist. Their style, to me, is tolerable for about ten minutes, and after that I am through. THey like to make strange noises with the reeds, and sometimes with their voices. If you are in to that sort of groovyness than try them out.
Sonics on this recording are outstanding. Stereo separation and clarity are superb. This a Stockfisch rerecording, and a direct-cut SACD meaning that all processing of the signal was done in the dsd format. THis is certainly reference grade recording, except for an annoying low-level buzz in the right channel that exists in every track. I use it to demo my system all the time, in sort of a humorous way.
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| Review by Barb October 27, 2007 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S): |
A. Denio as, J. Lurie as & ts, T. Stone bs, S. Orfiel ts, E. Pupu-Walker dr & per, Stockfisch 2004.
Five ladies with their horns and percussion in a live performance playing their own material mostly. What a temperament they have. The rhythms are often stomping, gypsy-influenced (what I don`t like very much), the performance sometimes comical (e.g. when they are chatting through their horns) and the music is for fun generally although there are some melancholic melodies and moments. The sound is good, rich of colour, good soundstage and imaging, air for the instruments to breath, dynamic. 4/4
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