Young pounds his Hammond with startling intensity, augmented by James “Blood” Ulmer’s acid guitar licks, Sonny Fortune’s sax shrieking, and about a dozen percussionists they perhaps found in the park. As dense as Bitches Brew and as explosive as Tony Williams’ Emergency!, this is jazz-funk to welcome extraterrestrials by. Todd Hitchcock
Lawrence of Newark
A few of the things we’re listening to this week, in no particular order