#2949: Death Jazz Piano Trio

New Sounds | Aug 14, 2011

For this New Sounds, London-based death-jazz band The Neil Cowley Trio stopped by the studio on their first US tour. Listen to their incredibly tight and thoughtful originals like "His Nibs" and "She Eats Flies" performed live on this program. It's some groove-based post-jazz with an Eastern edge that demands your attention. RIYL: the Bad Plus, Shostakovich, Madness, thrash-punk, Thelonious Monk, The Sex Pistols, Philip Glass.

PROGRAM # 2949 The Neil Cowley Trio, live (First aired on Tues. 6/16/09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The Neil Cowley Trio	Loud, Louder, Stop	Dinosaur Die, excerpt [1:30]	CAKE #78551 www.cakemusic.co.uk
The Neil Cowley Trio	Live, WNYC	His Nibs [4:00] Radio Silence [5:00] How do we catch up [6:00] She eats flies [7:30]	These performances not available. “His Nibs” appears on their commercial release “Loud, Louder, Stop” (see above.) “How do we catch up” and “She eats flies” are on “Displaced,” www.hideinsiderecords.com More info at www.neilcowleytrio.com
The Neil Cowley Trio	Loud, Louder, Stop	Dinosaur Die, excerpt [1:00]	See above.
The Necks	The Boys	The Boys I [4:27]	ReR NECKS4 www.rermegacorp.com www.thenecks.com
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Radiolarians I	Hidden Moon [6:43]	Indirecto Records 04 www.mmw.net, www.medeskimartinandwood.com
The Necks	The Boys	He Led Them Into the World, excerpt [6:30]	See above.

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