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Natural Disasters by Lily Maase Quartet
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fave it Jazz Fusion | Traditional Jazz Combo
5 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Aug 2004
on Lily Maase Quartet
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 13:33 deluge... view from the side (for Janiece) lyrics FREE 13:33 deluge... view from the side (for Janiece) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 13:33 deluge... view from the side (for Janiece)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:55 theme for Manoa lyrics BUY MP3 04:55 theme for Manoa lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:55 theme for Manoa
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 10:59 Ari lyrics BUY MP3 10:59 Ari lyrics "GIFT MP3" 10:59 Ari
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 10:25 Loretta through a broken mirror lyrics BUY MP3 10:25 Loretta through a broken mirror lyrics "GIFT MP3" 10:25 Loretta through a broken mirror
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 11:18 efforts in futility (for Alan) lyrics BUY MP3 11:18 efforts in futility (for Alan) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 11:18 efforts in futility (for Alan)
Lily Maase is a jazz guitarist with one foot deeply within the jazz tradition and one foot on the path to something new. Natural Disasters is a little funk, a little free jazz, and full of energy from beginning to end.
Bio / Background
Everything on this album is a character portrait done in sound instead of color. As a band with one foot in the music of our forefathers and one foot in the music of tomorrow, our music delves into everything from traditional jazz repertoire to improvisation around sound cells. "deluge... view from the side (for Janiece)" was my first attempt at melding improvisation with electronics with a traditional jazz form and feel. "theme for Manoa" and "Loretta through a broken mirror" are written in the jazz idiom but with serious departures in harmony and form.
We feel it is important to pay respect to the tradition of jazz without alienating it from the tradition of music as a whole. The artists who are able to continue making this music exciting are the ones who are able to push it forward while maintaining respect for its heritage. The language and tradition of what has become America's only truly indigenous music is simply too precious to watch become a thing of the past.
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