For their fifth album, the Oregon-based Rhythm Dogs took advantage of the pandemic downtime to create their finest effort, aptly titled “Rewired.”
The band fuses the elements of jazz, AfroBeat, ska, reggae, dub, blues, and their trademark funk on this effort with stunning results.
Read the entire review here: https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2022/01/cd-review-rhythm-dogs-rewired/
Now available!
Quadraphonnes + Andrew Durkin
Five-Pointed Star
Digital Album
Listen to track samples and purchase here: https://pjce.bandcamp.com/album/five-pointed-star
(Coming soon on Amazon, Apple Music, and other online outlets).
“This music is riveting. The saxophone quartet of sopranist Mary-Sue Tobin, altoist Chelsea Luker, tenorist Michelle Medler, and baritonist Mieke Bruggeman keep a tight orbit around the melodies of Andrew Durkin’s compositions, while simultaneously unleashing harmonic waves, one after the other, as far as they’ll carry them. It is one of those recordings that keeps the ear locked in the present moment, focused on the newest expression. In the jazz tradition of re-arranging pop songs and taking them to new horizons, the quartet teases the melody to Faith No More’s arena-friendly anthem “From Out of Nowhere,” to the point where it’s tantalizingly familiar, hovering at the edge of perception.”
-Dave Sumner, The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: January 2021
Check out our interview with Tom D’Antoni of Oregon Music News here:
https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/durkin-tobin-coffeeshop-conversations276
The Quadraphonnes 2014 CD Release:
"Just the two of us"
