Last fall a group of musicians came together for a benefit for the Rex Foundation. The black tie event held at the concert hall for the New York Society for Ethical Culture featured an artist collective comprised of Grateful Dead members and mercenaries, but was primarily based around the foundation of the Zen Tricksters.
This four piece band from New Jersey has produced a high impact album, full of hard driving rock and roll, right alongside ambient jams and funky jazz numbers.
Rolla is the union of Deep Banana Blackout guitarist Fuzz and singer/songwriter Carrie Ernst. On their debut album La La Land, the accord created between the two leads can be exquisite, as Fuzz leaves the funk for a more straight-forward organic pop sound. Fuzz
This is a reminder that the spirit of music is alive and well somewhere out beyond LA, with its gourmet coffee corporate monolith.
Ron Levy
Common to most jam outfits, it seems Simplicity would be better if it were spread out over a live show. The songs could stretch out and new grooves could develop – as the band definitely has the chops.
When I popped this DVD into my player my TV was tuned to the modern MTV, but in the span of a moment the beautiful teenagers selling sex and industrially assembled pop music were transformed into sweaty fat men playing funky grooves with real emotion.
Making a solid album is a difficult task for most jambands – Groovin
DJ Harry is an artist apart from the ranks of more mortal DJs, and some of the usual rules don
