Screaming Headless Torsos - Live!!

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:27
Size: 153,7 MB
Art: Front

( 4:15)  1. Just For Now
( 5:04)  2. Smile In A Wave
( 5:16)  3. Jazz Is The Teacher
( 8:48)  4. Blue In Green
( 7:31)  5. Word To Herb
( 5:40)  6. Hope
( 6:45)  7. Vinnie
( 4:20)  8. Darryl Dawkins' Sound Of Love
(11:13)  9. Kermes Macabre
( 7:29) 10. Dig A Pony

Fans of the Screaming Headless Torsos' unique brand of avant-gardist funk-jazz-rock fusion had very little to chew. Apart from the group's 1995 debut CD, the only document was a high-priced rare Japanese import. Guitarist David "Fuze" Fiuczynski bought back the rights to the tapes, had them fantastically remastered, and reissued them on his own U.S.-based label, Fuzelicious Morsels, as Live. Culled from two shows at the Knitting Factory in September 1996, this CD features the same lineup as on the studio album from the previous year and most of its songs too. The renditions of "Smile in a Wave," "Vinnie," the chilling "Kermes Macabre," and the funked-up "Word to Herb" show how much liberty Fuze could take with his guitar solos mostly atonal and completely out there. "Word to Herb" especially transcends its original version, thanks to incredible amounts of energy from all musicians. But as good these tracks are, the fans will want this CD for the four songs that did not appear on the studio album. "Just for Now" opens the proceedings with a great discharge of jazz-funk, a typical Torsos track. "Darryl Dawkins' Sound of Love" casts singer Dean Bowman as a Barry White-like crooner to great effect. The Beatles' "Dig a Pony" gets a treatment similar (but not quite as exciting) as Miles Davis' "Blue in Green." Sound quality has been enhanced, putting the listener in the front row to (re)live the galvanizing experience that was a Torsos show. Begin with the studio CD (reissued at the same time under the title 1995), just so you start at the same point as everyone else. ~ François Couture  https://www.allmusic.com/album/live%21%21-mw0000214399

Personnel: Dean Bowman (vocals, rap vocals); David Fiuczynski (guitar, electric guitar, strings); Gene Lake, Jojo Mayer (drums); Daniel Sadownick (percussion).

Live!!

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Screaming Headless Torsos - Screaming Headless Torsos

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:36
Size: 133,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:25)  1. Vinnie
(4:27)  2. Free Man
(4:08)  3. Cult Of The Internal Sun
(4:23)  4. Word To Herb
(5:14)  5. Blue In Green
(0:29)  6. Chernobyl Firebirds
(7:14)  7. Graffiti Cemetery
(3:52)  8. Smile In A Wave (Theme From Jack Johnson)
(6:24)  9. Wedding In Sarajevo
(4:22) 10. Hope
(8:02) 11. Kermes Macabre
(4:30) 12. Another Sucka

Debut and self-titled album by the band also known as the Torsos or SHT a genre-defying rock band formed in 1989. The album mixes and mashes guitar driven rock, jazz, hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae and drum and bass with grooves and concepts. Along with future shock percussion improvisation and acrobatic vocals with mircro-tonal guitar influences. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Screaming-Headless-Torsos/dp/B000003MW0

Personnel:  Dean Bowman – vocals;  David Fiuczynski – guitar;  Fima Ephron – bass;  Jojo Mayer – drums;  Daniel Sadownick – percussion               

Screaming Headless Torsos

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