Archive for the Modern Harmonic Category
Gabor Szabo “1969” (Modern Harmonic)
Masterful ‘60s pop by a jazz guitar guru! Not many jazz artists were interpreting popular songs in the late ‘60s, but Hungarian-born Gabor Szabo looked past the oft-covered standards to put his trademark jazz transformations on a set of fashionable tunes on 1969, including major hits for the Left Banke, […]
Fifty Foot Hose “Cauldron” (Modern Harmonic)
An electronic rock band wasn’t even an idea when Fifty Foot Hose released their landmark debut album at the end of 1967. Their fusion of psychedelia and electronics resulted in a truly trailblazing sound. Cauldron stands as a signal achievement that laid the groundwork for genres that didn’t even exist […]
Sun Ra “Nuclear War” (Modern Harmonic)
Nuclear War was recorded in 1982 for Columbia Records, which turned it down. The LP was eventually released by Italy’s Y label, but it was poorly distributed; Atavistic deserves all sorts of plaudits for reissuing Nuclear War because it’s one of Sun Ra’s most enjoyable recordings, containing material that’s both […]