Palermo, Ed - Prog vs Fusion CD
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Skycat 2504
Get out your key-tars and mellotrons, baby! Ed is back and he’s performing a bunch of CLASSIC classics! Tarkus? VROOOM? Long Distance Runaround? No Mystery? Snake Oil? They are ALL here. Along with a bunch of others. If you ‘get’ Ed, this is another winner and sure to make you re-appreciate your old favorites.
“Ed Palermo is not a "business as usual" musician. After all, when most people think of "big bands," they think "Oh No! Not Jazz!!" But go to see Ed Palermo's Big Band, and you might hear Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, The Police, Pat Metheny, or one of Ed's own compositions, loaded with lush turns and unexpected twists.
Gil Evans wonderfully articulated Palermo's unusual approach to traditional instrumentation: "I first heard Ed Palermo's music in a small club in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He was using the instrumentation of a traditional big band, yet his arrangements and songs were anything but that. When I thought the music was going in a certain direction, it would suddenly turn a corner. Ed has the ability to keep that important balance between cohesiveness and unpredictability. Ed Palermo's music is alive and represents now."
Ed's interpretations of the music of Frank Zappa, Paul Butterfield, Todd Rundgren, The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull and others have consistently brought him and his band critical acclaim and rave reviews. The Ed Palermo Big Band's latest CD, “Prog vs Fusion: A War of the Ages,” highlights some of Ed's favorite progressive rock and jazz fusion compositions.”
- LabelSkycat
- UPC195269356989