Express Rising - Fixed Rope II Vinyl LP Traffic Entertainment The purchase was already yielding

The purchase was already yielding dividends

"but life has its way of working things out in the strangest of ways

the artist’s first full-length album

) Songs such as the jaunty “Bojangles” and rhythm-forward “Congo Call” imbued the Quintet’s brand of free jazz

An unadulterated opening statement intoned by Saul Williams three times

Express Rising - Fixed Rope II Vinyl LP Traffic Entertainment The purchase was already yieldingThe fourth Express Rising LPand the second featuring the expanded lineup of William Suran and Kevin Blagg alongside leader Dante Carfagnafinds the trio largely eschewing percussion in favor of twelve concise, three minute excursions. Bittersweet and restrained, these pieces retain the measured, highly melodic framework of their previous work. Theres a hint of Santo & Johnny at their most somnambulant here: slightly glazed, thoroughly reverb drenched,