Latin sizzle

* «x John Santos and the Machete Ensemble
-—~Machetazo!, Bembe Records/Festival
Distribution 1998
San Francisco-based John Santos brings
together a vibrant bunch for a sizzling set of
Afro-Cuban jazz.
This one handily sidesteps the pitfall that
some Latin-flavored jazz succumbs to: slick
arrangeneents that fall slave
to the imperative of the
lovely dance rhythms
inherent to the music. The

JOHN SANTOS

‘and the
Machete
Ensemble

Machete Ensemble cuts some fine rough edes courtesy of the earthy percussion and

smoking horns.

** Judas Priest — Jugulator, CMC International Records/BMG 1997
Mama! Where’ s Julie Andrews when we need her? Be afraid, very atraid. Fresh evil is afoot

and it ain’t about to be stopped by
Bloody bombast has its wav. Blood S
What would Mr. Gershwin make of th

fing nanny with good teeth,
. Dead Meat. Burn In Hell. Brain Dead. Papa!
“Jugulator he is near, attracted by the stench of

fear, part demonic machine, hungry and it’s time to feed.”

On the
big heavy wv

in guitar attack, still w hining after all these vears (since 19691), and with lovely
netal hair i intact, are Glenn Tipron and K. K. Dow ning. Jan Hill en bass remains

the third original Birmingham laddic.
The Voice of Doom, Mr. Ripper Owens sounds very much like a dental drill,

A spot of mayhem anyone?

xxx Los Amigos Invisibles — The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera, Luaka

Bop/Warner 1998

Early days when David Byrne embarked upon his most excellent world beat trip with the
Luaka Bop label the results tended to surprise and delight. The navigator brought com-
pelling and exotic music to western ears. What we have here is a batch of funky latin disco
music. That’s not to say it isn’t fun. It’s just not sizzling adventure. Ah, heck, shake that
booty cha-chaborro stvle, you funky monkeys, you.

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It is total insecurity. It lacks harmony. All illusion, even the
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; Fizz: There might be some comfort in the recogni-
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Fizz: Prithee; my dear, why are we here? Nobody knows, we

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go to sleep. As loud as hell, a ringing bell, behind mv smile, it

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Dear Mr. Fizz: I could be bound in a nutshell and count

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Fizz: As divinity retreats and insanity advances, creativ-
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Dear Mr. Fizz: There was a guy, an underwater guy
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Dear Mr. Fizz: How are things on your end?

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