GOLD SPARKLE BAND
Fugues & Flowers (Squealer)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Another cool CD in a series of very cool CDs from a very cool band. Following in the tradition of Ornette Coleman, this horn-heavy quartet screams scattered lullabies and lectures that skitter seamlessly from one track to another as though this is one great, long jam-session propelled by incredible amounts of energy and inhuman lung stamina. Charles Waters is the demon behind the clarinet and sax, and man, does he blow! In a good way! While the other players are excellent, too (Roger Ruzow on trumpet, Andrew Barker on drums, and Adam Roberts on double bass), it's obvious from the construction of these pieces that if there was a lead singer on this record, it'd be that crazy horn man and his crazy horns.

© 2002 - Holly Day