Second release by Granelli's two-guitar avant jamband is a live double SACD presenting the same pieces twice.

In its 2nd release Granelli's V16 band (David Tronzo, Christian Kögel and J. Anthony Granelli) ambles through the jazz cloakroom without hanging its hat. This time round it's even less classifiable, although Jerry does say that it 'rocks out' but also represents 'jazz as it can be in the 21st century....The material is plasma-like, always in flux and development. We all have these vast musical lives that we've led and that's what we bring with us....The band offers such a rich sound palette, I think of everybody as sound artists rather than musicians.' Terms like 'avant jamband' don't really convey what's going on; compound descriptors like 'spacey ambient/improv/freeform roots'n'blues-cum-chamber jazz' are unwieldy. And partly beside the point - they identify some stylistic markers and approaches but not what makes it all hang together.

Jerry's son J. Anthony, who also produced the record, puts it this way: 'We began to feel that instead of improvising around tunes we wanted to find a way to improvise within the tunes as a band....in playing each tune as if we were a single entity, like a big eight-handed musician. In this way the fabric of each song could be stretched and changed as we felt in the moment. We wanted to play compositions that at the same time provided structure but could be deconstructed on the fly. We also started to use a kind of free counterpoint when we played....We are all very comfortable with the idea of using our instruments in a textural way. We approach our playing as if we are composing, but in real time, so this textural use of sound is very important to our process....Our only guideline is to try and convey meaning and depth in terms of the emotional qualities of the composition.'

To demonstrate how this works out in practice we recorded the band in concert over two nights playing the same repertoire, in 24/88.2, mixed to stereo and 5.0, released as a double SACD.

Track Listing

• Ballad Of El Leo Nora
• Immeasureable
• Riddim
• It's A Man's World
• Farewell
• The Old Neighborhood
• Rock Thong
• Pit Bull

• Ballad of El Leo Nora
• Immeasurable
• Riddim
• It's A Man's World
• Farewell
• The Old Neighborhood
• Rock Thong
• Pit Bull

Additional Details

Label: Songlines

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 131 mins

Release Date: 05/08/07

UPC: 774355156421