Sunship
Nice set by Sunship at Resolution Audio last night. They are Seattle jazz quintet made up of Michael Monhart (saxophones), Stuart Dempster (trombone, pvc pipe, conch shell and lots of other little things), David Revelli (percussion), Andrew Luthringer (bass) and Brian Heaney (guitar). Their two sets were mostly fusion oriented, but also including didjeridu drones and Sonny Sharrock-like seering electric guitar. They left behind a few copies of their almost sold out CDR. Recorded in 2007 for Doug Haire’s Sonarchy program, the album is a blend of original compositions and improvisations. This combination, ranging as it does from the tuneful to abstract, reminds me of Sun Ra, although other reviewers have brought up Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.