Sonny Sharrock - Seize the Rainbow (1987)

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Title: Seize the Rainbow
Year Of Release: 1987
Label: Enemy
Genre: Free Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 44:30
Total Size: 296 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Dick Dogs (5:10)
02. My Song (6:25)
03. Fourteen (9:55)
04. J.D. Shaa (5:37)
05. Seize the Rainbow (4:32)
06. The Past Adventures of Zydeco Honeycup (5:22)
07. Sheraserhead's High-Top Sneakers (4:07)

Recorded at Electric Lady Studio, New York City, May 1987.
Produced by Sonny Sharrock.

Melvin Gibbs - bass
Abe Speller , Pheeroan Aklaff - drums
Sonny Sharrock - guitar

The follow-up to Sonny Sharrock's entirely solo comeback album, Guitar, Seize the Rainbow puts the guitarist at the helm of a rock-styled power trio featuring bassist Melvin Gibbs and Abe Speller and Pheeroan akLaff on drums (producer Bill Laswell also plays bass on one cut). The overall sound of the album is surprisingly straightforward, heavy metal-tinged jazz-rock, though the caliber and taste of the musicians makes it something far more than what rock guitar virtuosos of the period were recording. Still, there isn't too much way-out craziness, aside from some of Sharrock's trademark slide-guitar explorations on the spiritual title track and the riff-driven rockers "Dick Dogs" and "Sheraserhead's Hightop Sneakers." For the most part, Sharrock's playing on Seize the Rainbow is more concerned with melodic themes and traditional single-note solo lines than textural experiments. Fortunately, his tone is still gloriously skronky, and his playing is no less passionate. Bill Laswell's production is bright and immediate, and the rhythm section's agility breathes a spark into the straight-up rock rhythms they're often asked to play. Even if it isn't quite as evocative as the solo sound paintings of Guitar, Seize the Rainbow does place Sharrock's playing in one of its most accessible settings, and it's perhaps the best starting point for rock fans wondering what the fuss is about.


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Wow a favorite of mine, thanks for sharing!

Any chance you have Last Exit, Iron Path?