Sam Gendel-Satin Doll. LP [USA IMPORT]
Sam Gendel's Nonesuch Records debut album. Recorded in Gendel's native California, Satin Doll is a futuristic homage to historical jazz.
The album features three musicians—Gendel on saxophone, Gabe Noel on electric bass, and Philippe Melanson on electronic percussion—engaging in simultaneous synchronized sonic construction/deconstruction of jazz standards, including Miles Davis' "Freddie Freeloader," Charles Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," and Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll."
"A woozy, blissfully twisted album," says the Los Angeles Times.