No, we're not done yet.
Give me more of that Jazz! And especially of this kind!
Texan drummer Forest Cazayoux and his big band are back - and if the party ever ended after the final track of the band's self-titled debut album last year, it immediately continues like a switch being flipped.
CAZAYOUX - Echoes (transparent green vinyl LP) (2024)
To be perfectly honest, in their totally different musical space Cazayoux seem to develop in a direction, which challenges me a little bit like Autopsy does in the realm of sick Death Metal. It's so much fun and done so great, that I have a hard time not just copypasting my last review. Hell, even the distributions of this album mainly runs over the same circle of labels that collectively released the debut, including among others Echodelick, Weird Beard or - recommendable if you're buying from Germany - Worst Bassist Records.
So, there are new fresh sprinkles from this electrifying ensemble which includes lots of Rock, Latin and Afro-Beat percussions, brass and wind instruments, keys and strings, vibraphone and balafon... all that great stuff to build a huge wall of globally inspired feel-good Fusion again.
What did I write the last time? "It's a sweet and short record, almost humble in its format, but it effortlessly breathes a global legacy, echoing influences from Fela Kuti to Dom Um Romao, from British Fusion big bands to Ryo Kawasaki, from Klaus Weiss' Niagara to Santana."
Yeah, most of that still applies. At its core "Echoes" just provides more of the already approved goodness, probably performed even tighter than ever.
However we could strike the "short record", since the ten tracks at least amount to forty minutes now - and it's a if-you-want-more-just-spin-it-again situation. It's also mandatory to add the name of a Soul/Funk legend and hardest working man in show business to the list of echoed influences, since a very short but to the point track is paying homage to him. If you listen to "JB" and still don't know who I'm talking about I Got The Feelin' that you need to Get Up and Please, Please, Please catch up on your education. I'm Doing The Best I Can here.
But back to Cazayoux: Even though they allow beautiful breathers like the touching "Spillway", most of the time they are again capturing all the great and free spirits and make them dance like there's no tomorrow. So once again this multinational dozen provides my personal good times soundtrack of the year.
"Echoes" looks good, sounds goods, feels good - probably even tastes good if you lick the transparent green vinyl or eat the sleeve, but hey man, WTFunk are you doing there? Pull yourself together!
What did I write the last time? "It's a sweet and short record, almost humble in its format, but it effortlessly breathes a global legacy, echoing influences from Fela Kuti to Dom Um Romao, from British Fusion big bands to Ryo Kawasaki, from Klaus Weiss' Niagara to Santana."
Yeah, most of that still applies. At its core "Echoes" just provides more of the already approved goodness, probably performed even tighter than ever.
However we could strike the "short record", since the ten tracks at least amount to forty minutes now - and it's a if-you-want-more-just-spin-it-again situation. It's also mandatory to add the name of a Soul/Funk legend and hardest working man in show business to the list of echoed influences, since a very short but to the point track is paying homage to him. If you listen to "JB" and still don't know who I'm talking about I Got The Feelin' that you need to Get Up and Please, Please, Please catch up on your education. I'm Doing The Best I Can here.
But back to Cazayoux: Even though they allow beautiful breathers like the touching "Spillway", most of the time they are again capturing all the great and free spirits and make them dance like there's no tomorrow. So once again this multinational dozen provides my personal good times soundtrack of the year.
"Echoes" looks good, sounds goods, feels good - probably even tastes good if you lick the transparent green vinyl or eat the sleeve, but hey man, WTFunk are you doing there? Pull yourself together!
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