Fight the Big Bull make NPR’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010
Coming in at #8 on NPR’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010: Fight The Big Bull feat. Steven Bernstein, All Is Gladness In The Kingdom: Imagine the intersection of free jazz and Southern music at large; now, take that idea and flesh it out for an 8- to 11-piece band, bristling with plump orchestrations and […]
Coming in at #8 on NPR’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010: Fight The Big Bull feat. Steven Bernstein, All Is Gladness In The Kingdom:
Imagine the intersection of free jazz and Southern music at large; now, take that idea and flesh it out for an 8- to 11-piece band, bristling with plump orchestrations and noisy breakdowns. That approximates the music of Fight The Big Bull, whose sophomore disc also features buzz-saw slide trumpet and some arrangements from New York guru Steven Bernstein. Not all the solos on All Is Gladness In The Kingdom are of the same caliber, and not every transition comes off perfectly cleanly. But there are too many good ideas in play here, many of them from the brain of leader Matt White. When this unit is at its best — and it is frequently here — it rears back and bellows, and cuts quickly to the pleasure centers of your brain.
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