SLAMCD 280
CD title: SATURNALIA Band name: JACKOUT Bar code: 50 28386 02802 4 Gary Curson: alto and soprano saxes; dee-dar Justin Paterson: drums & percussion; programming; sampling, keyboards Margo Sagov: programming; sampling; electric and bass guitars; keyboards Roberto Bellatalla: double bass on tracks 1, 3 and 8 John Murray: electric bass on tracks 2 and 4 Mo Nazam: guitar sample on track 8
Track titles :
1.Sonali 04:58:31
2.Saturnalia (dub mix) 06:10:33
3.In Me 03:59:15
4.Cap of Good Hope 05:14:68
5.En Route 06:20:39
6.Tibet Amour 05:39:37
7.No Timewasters 04:53:16
8.Recovery Position 06:51:02
9.In Me (ambient mix) 05:35:71
10. Sonali (ambient mix) 04:48:03
11. Saturnalia 06:09:35
Composers (all titles): Gary Curson, Justin Paterson and Margo Sagov Date of recording: 1997-2000 & 2009; remixed and mastered 2009 Place of recording: Recorded and mixed at Brookfield Studio, Highgate, London Mixes enhanced at Vestry Hall Studio 2, Ealing, London Mastered by Ian Shepherd at SRT, Cambridge Recording engineers: Justin Paterson and Margo Sagov
JackOut
Saturnalia
SLAMCD 280
Alto player Gary Curson will already be familiar to aficionados of
freely improvised music for his work with Dreamtime and the Number (both
bands featuring Keith Tippett); here, he is part of a band, completed by
Margo Sagov (programming, sampling, keyboards, bass) and Justin Paterson
(drums, percussion, programming, sampling, keyboards), which sets his
passionate, searing alto (and occasional soprano) against a variety of
sounds, beats and textures ranging from spaced-out dub and scurrying
hip-hop rhythms to ambient washes. The result is an absorbing (sometimes
downright hypnotic) mix of fiercely declamatory saxophone, deep grooves
and intriguingly varied keyboard and percussion textures that, at its
best, combines all the viscerally affecting energy and vitality of free
jazz with the immediate accessibility of less overtly esoteric music,
Curson's alto (at times bringing Mike Osborne or even Prime Time to mind)
alternately roaring/soaring above or ripping through the sounds produced
by Sagov and Paterson, occasionally augmented by Dreamtime's acoustic
bassist Roberto Bellatalla, electric bassist John Murray and brief samples
from guitarist Mo Nazam and singer Paban Das Baul. Powerful, committed,
vital music.
JAZZ JOURNAL MARCH 2010
JACKOUT SATURNALIA (Slam CD 280). Gary Curson (as, ss); Margo Sagov (g, elb); Justin Paterson (d, pc) 1997-2009. This is highly personal music. It explores freedoms that might be denied to purely acoustic performers. Curson brings his considerable versatility to the table; a freely improvising jazz alto and soprano player, he finds room to explore both, while moving smoothly above the group’s personal sound strata. Sagov is actually an architect but here provides a highly personal take on pop and world music on keyboards and electric and bass guitars. Paterson runs through the percussion spectrum, programming, sampling and generally manipulating the direction of the music. Most JJ readers with a modern interest will find it something of a challenge. (Barry McRae)
JACKOUT / Saturnalia (Slam Productions)
Disons que, cette fois, Slam Productions, l'étiquette du saxo britannique George Haslam, a réussi à me surprendre. Saturnalia n'est pas l'album de jazz actuel ou de free jazz auquel je m'attendais. Pas du tout. JackOut est un trio saxo/clavier/batterie. Mais il y a plus: le batteur Justin Paterson fait aussi beaucoup de programmation et d'échantillonnage. Et la claviériste-guitariste Margo Sagov fait encore plus de programmation. Les pistes groovées, faites de fusion métissé de musiques du monde et de percussions ethniques, sont habitées par les saxos de Gary Curson (de Dreamtime!), dont les mélodies chaudes deviennent la vedette de ce disque. Dans les faits, Saturnalia est très proche d'un space rock un peu trip-hop - Astralasia ou le côté plus "world" d'Ozric Tentacles, avec un facteur jazz prononcé. Étonnant, pas désagréable du tout, plutôt accessible.
Let's just say that this time, Slam Productions – the label ran by UK saxman George Haslam – has managed to surprise me. Saturnalia is not an avant-jazz or free-jazz album. Not at all in fact. JackOut is a sax/keys/drums trio, but there's more: drummer Justin Paterson also does a lot of programming and sampling. And keyboardist-guitarist Margo Sagov actually does more programming than playing. And ex-Dreamtime Gary Curson's saxes inhabit breath soul into these groovy tracks of world music-infused fusion with lots of ethnic percussion samples – his warm melodies are the stars of the record. Saturnalia actually comes close to a trip-hoppy form of space rock - think Astralasia, or the "world" side of Ozric Tentacles, with a strong jazz element. Surprising, quite enjoyable, and accessible too.
François Couture http://blog.monsieurdelire.com/2010/01/2010-01-06-jackout-stekpanna-aram.html
Groove spaziale di Vittorio LoConte
Un trio agguerrito ed una serie di brani registrati e rimixati fra il 1997 ed il 2009, è questo il contenuto di Saturnalia. Il trio costituito da Gary Curson al sax alto e soprano, Justin Paterson alla batteria, alle percussioni e strumenti elettronici e Margo Sagov alle tastiere ed anche lui a strumenti elettronici ha coinvolto dei colleghi, fra cui il contrabbassista Roberto Bellatalla su "Sonali, In Me e Recovery Position". Brani in cui la programmazione o il sampling la fanno da padrone seguono ad altri in cui è più la componente acustica ad essere in primo piano. La lezione di Miles Davis nei lavori con Marcus Miller è stata appresa ed interiorizzata ed ora i tre provano ad andare oltre su dei brani che hanno la personalità giusta per distinguersi dal resto. Un pó di nu jazz, suoni più astratti, il sassofono vocale di Curson, sono tutte cose che i tre, grazie anche al tempo passato in studio ad elaborare il materiale da pubblicare, hanno messo insieme con cura. L´album scorre veloce, si fa ascoltare piú volte volentieri riuscendo a mettere insieme suoni contemporanei, ritmi piú quadrati e pretese artistiche in un felice mix. http://www.musicboom.it/mostra_recensioni.php?Unico=20100211032609
