Focus
Che Çortlauh ©beeruer
April 21, 1999
Page 3
Moke Some Noise
Having exploded from a small un
derground scene in Chicago, the Liq
uid Soul universe has been expanding
at a dizzying pace. With the release of
Make Some Noise, their second album
on Miles Copeland’s Ark 21 Records,
the Chicago ensemble’s tradem ark
mixture of jazz and urban dance mu
sic has virtually outgrown the term
‘acid-jazz”. Incorporating everything
from hard-bop to hip-hop in their cel
ebrated sound. Downbeat Magazine
says Liquid Soul “sweeps the mold and
mildew out of jazz-funk and breaths it
back to glorious life.”
With reverent nods to great jazz
composers and old-school B-boys, Liq
uid Soul’s eclectic freestyle funk is
bringing a new form of jazz to audi
ences the world over. On Make Some
Noise, two-time Grammy nominee
Kurt Filling sits in with the band for a
grand scat on Dizzy Gillespie’s “Salt
Peanuts” which quickly segues into
Dirty MF’s rap and vocal samples of
old jazz innovators on “Chocolate
Covered Nut”. The record goes on to
showcase the full-range of Liquid
Soul’s genre-jumping capability, with
the danceable Latin Jazz of “Yankee
Girl,’ the pure fusion of “Ricky’s Hat”,
the cool, slow groove jazz of
“Ramblin” and “Cookies’ Puss,” and
the live, heavy-hitting horns of “No
Cents” and “Opium Jacuzzi.”
Live or in the studio, playing it
hard or smooth, the Liquid Soul mas-
sive is a fiery concoction of classy so
loists, heavy rhythm merchants and
hip-hop cognoscenti. They are a group
that thrives on contact with their au
dience. One cannot help being moved
by Liquid Soul’s ongoing party phi
losophy. The band’s in-the-tradition
repertoire extends from classic com
positions by O rnette Coleman and
Miles Davis to excursions on the lat
est breakbeats and mad samples. They
continue to bridge the musical gap
between standard jazz improvisation
and urban rhythm/ This commitment
has come to epitomize the artistic dedi
cation and pure musical enjoyment of
Liquid Soul’s continued philosophy of
bringing jazz back to the dance floor.
‘P oÛltC&
Tickets to the #1 Gospel
Stage Play in America..
'Zwt, t&e ^ 9 w
"Somebody Oughta'
Tell GOO Thank You!”
Coming to the Beautiful Civic Auditorium for ONE
SHOW ONLY on Saturday, May 8th at 8 p.m. For best
available seating, call First Lady Entertainment at
(503)285-4009. Hurry! This show will sell out!
Tickets to the #1 Gospel Stage Play in America...
It’s the perfect gift for
Mother’s Day!
Patrick Lamb’s “For the Love" has firmly established him as one o f the Northwest’s
hottest instrumentalists in the tradition o f Tom Grant, Jeff Lorber, and Kenny G.
already a hot seller in his home area it is now available on a national level through
distribution arrangement with Lucky Records.
He will soon be in the studio recording a new cd for Lucky which should be available in
the Fall. “For the Love” is gaining airplay and momentum all over the country right now