Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs (Leaving Records)
Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes
Released July 21, 2021
New York Times 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2021
YouTube:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kgjqRgTdS9yaQRUaX4jS4-7XNyQoLvwMs
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2KdFDb8XBuXLkl8wBIeE4p?si=uGGgnlaORr2dYv5XF-ICGw
About:
The follow-up to 2018’s underground jazz milestone from Los Angeles-based musicians Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes. Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs collects nine additional songs from the duo.
Track Listing:
1. Theem Prototype 04:15
2. Welcome Vibe 02:20
3. I Sing High 02:25
4. Cold Pocket 03:24
5. Streetlevel 01:48
6. Sg’s Prius 01:53
7. Flametop Green 03:45
8. Caroline, No 05:08
9. Greetings to Idris More Songs 02:50
Personnel:
Sam Gendel: saxophone
Sam Wilkes: bass
Additional bass (1, 4, 7) by Daniel Aged
Recorded 2017-2021, at Mh Zh + Daniel’s Basement + etc.
Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by
Sam Gendel + Sam Wilkes
Mastered by Matthewdavid McQueen
Review:
Sam Gendel, a saxophonist, and Sam Wilkes, a bassist, are millennial pals who seem equally interested in using music for the purposes of comfort and disruption. In 2018, they put out “Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar,” a stealthy little album that might have spluttered out of a vat where time, space, genre and the titular instruments themselves had all melted down into a roux. Recorded live to tape and released on Bandcamp, it became an underground obsession. Their follow-up LP, “More Songs,” contains nine additional tracks in the same vein, and it’s at least as hypnotic as the first.
Giovanni Russonello (New York Times)
