The Major Scale welcomes one of the finest artists in the nu-skool of Jazz and the latest in a long tradition of Texas tenors, Sly 5th Ave. The Austin native has taken the work of Dr. Dre and re-imagined it as an orchestral tribute. Sound heavy and stuffy? It’s not, it’s a treasure trove of joyful noise.
The new renaissance continues and comes full circle with The Invisible Man. Sly creates a dreamy masterpiece to nod your head by re-arranging the beat maker’s classics. The arranger meets the re-mixer at the composer’s house on this one.
Adam Rudolph’s music knows no bounds. For 40 years he’s been creating endless possibilities as a leader and contributor with the likes of Don Cherry, Yusef Lateef, and Bill Laswell. His countless recordings have been recognized by the NEA, and the Rockefeller Foundation, and have taken him across the globe. His journeys have been prolific in the last few years with Glare of The Tiger, Morphic Resonances, and The Epic Botanical Beat Suite- multi-kulfi rhythm and groove, chamber strings plus percussion, and dark cinematic electronica respectively. The musical gamut these albums run say so much about this brilliant composer, and he joins us talk about it and impart some wisdom.
This episode is definitely for curious ears.
SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:
THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk’ (from the album “Different Beats” on Magentic Records).
FIRST HALF: Shiznit, California Love, The Jam/My Name Is…/Interlude No. 3, Guilt Conscience/Interlude #4 andThe Edge/The Next Episode by Sly5thAve (from the album “The Invisible Man” on Tru Thoughts Records)
SECOND HALF: Ecstaticized by Adam Rudolph and Moving Pictures (from the album “Glare of the Tiger” on M.O.D./Meta Records)
Kwa-Shi and Akete by Adam Rudolph and Hu Vibrational (from the album “Epic Botanical Beat Suite” on M.O.D. Technologies)
Syntactic Adventures by Adam Rudolph (from the album “Morphic Resonances” on M.O.D. Technologies)
Dialogics and Rotations by Adam Rudolph and Moving Pictures (from the album “Glare of the Tiger” on M.O.D./Meta Records)