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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0633014402326 Format: Live Label: Zebra Records Manufacturer: Zebra Records MPN: 44023 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Zebra Records Release Date: July 31, 2001 Studio: Zebra Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Made up of seasoned players like Jimmy Herring from the Aquarium Rescue Unit, former Santana bassist Alfonso Johnson, and Dixie Dregs alums keyboardist T Lavitz and drummer Rod Morgenstein, Jazz Is Dead doesn't function so much as a Grateful Dead cover band than as an outfit that uses Dead gems as jumping-off points for a sonic journey that leads the listener not into well-traveled grooves, but into an enthralling soundscape without rules, vocals, or fixed time signatures. Superior playing and that special brand of ESP that all good jam bands possess further enrich these adroit and artful reinterpretations of Dead songs. "St Stephen" and "The Eleven" come out sounding like a cross between Indian bazaar music and the Allman Brothers (Herring spent a year filling in for an ailing Dickie Betts in the Allmans). Recorded live at the IMAC Theater in Huntington, New York, this disc captures all the nuances and guitar wizardry that Herring can wring out of his instrument, but one suspects that this band is even more spectacular live. --Jaan Uhelszki Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Dead Heads Rejoice!I'm not what you would call a hard core Dead Head. I like most of what the Dead put out but not everything. Same is true for Jazz - I like a lot of jazz, including some electronic jazz, but not everthing. The title is a little misleading because it's not what I would call jazz per se, but it does have those kind of overtones. Regardless, there is just no way escaping the dynamic performances of the musicians and the way they have interpreted and restructured the selected Grateful Dead tunes. ... Read More Rating: - No Regrets!This is an inbcredible CD - Terrapin is the best - I just love all their stuff - long pieces - no vocals - fantasmic! Rating:  - GREAT SKY RIVERThis album is alright if you like over indulgent guitar acrobatics other than that not much substance. Rating:  - Fantastic DEAD cover bandHere are some great old Grateful Dead songs played REALLY well....It made me wish for the vocals, but also made a great kareokee-like sound track to sing along to. This cover band plays faithfully and lovingly both note for note interpretations (My favorite parts; China Cat, St Steven/The Eleven, and Morning Dew, are played better than the Dead could! My least favorite part is Blues For Allah which sounds almost as irritating as the GD's version.) and extended distinctive jazzy Herring/Aquarium ... Read More Rating: - cosmic excellencei'm a huge herring fan and for the past 5 years jazz is dead has been one of my personal favorites. the sheer power and grace of jimmy, tlavitz, alphonso johnson and rod morgenstien combine for one of the most formidable quartets ever. i wasn't even a dead fan before jazz is dead. it was their fusion-like takes on such dead classics as terrapin station, st. stephen, and china cat that drew me in and i've been there ever since. |
