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and an ongoing series of nine limited-run, DIY live recordings that sell out to fans as soon as they drop. Ill Considered has been making a name for itself over the past four years with packed live shows in the U.K. The music asks to be heard on its own terms its unprecedented sounds and in-the-moment formulations invite the listener to set aside any preconceived ideas and expectations, and the rewards are immense. Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra is a natural evolution for Rudolph’s futuristic orchestral vision. It resonates with electric-acoustic energy and buzzes with aliveness. I think we succeeded.” They do indeed succeed, and the result is completely organic music that’s profoundly original, strikingly powerful and dialog-driven. “The idea was to have the music transcend the idea of thinking a certain way that the technique of playing a particular instrument can sometimes encourage. “I asked them … to imagine they were playing an oboe, or were singing, or a Moog or a flock of birds,” he explained. Each guitarist brings his own voice and phraseology to this egalitarian effort under strict instructions from conductor Rudolph to “not think like a guitarist.” The leader sought to discourage his virtuosic players from relying on instrumental technique, instead encouraging them to seek soulful and creative sounds. The recording is a document of the group’s final performance from its 2015 tour, the culmination of a perpetually evolving shared experience. But for Resonant Bodies, Rudolph envisioned an entirely new kind of ensemble experience: a nine-piece guitar orchestra consisting of some of New York’s finest and most adventurous players: Nels Cline, Liberty Ellman, David Gilmore, Miles Okazaki, Joel Harrison and Kenny Wessel on electric guitars and effects Marco Cappelli on acoustic guitar and effects Jerome Harris on electric guitar and electric bass and Damon Banks on bass. Previous recordings in the series, which Rudolf began developing in 2001, feature a variety of instrumental configurations of varying sizes. Resonant Bodies is the 12th release in master percussionist and world music pioneer Adam Rudolph’s series of recordings with Go: Organic Orchestra, his long-running concept for a new, globally based creative music ensemble.
The whole thing wraps up with “The Sun Is Shining,” a medium-tempo number showcasing some expertly subtle lead guitar from Carolyn Wonderland. On “Deep Blue Sea,” Rivera’s fiddle playing is just as festive and rousing as ever - she clearly hasn’t lost a step, either. Elsewhere here, on the fittingly titled “A Quitter Never Wins,” Mayall, for once, goes at it with no special guest, putting his harmonica front and center from the top before essaying the end of a relationship. On that instrument, he’s still on par with Paul Butterfield, another canny bandleader, who left us more than 30 years ago. His voice is still strong but even better is his harmonica playing. You really wouldn’t think this guy is 88 years old. Right out of the gate, Mayall sounds energized on “Hungry And Ready,” with Taylor proving a perfect fit on lead guitar. The project was recorded at The Doors’ Robby Krieger’s Horse Latitudes studio with Grammy-nominated producer Eric Corne. As usual, he has some expertly selected talent on hand, including The Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell, roots rocker Marcus King, Americana artist Buddy Miller, Scarlet Rivera (famously a member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue), Chicago blues guitarist Melvin Taylor and Hawaiian ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro. Next month he returns with The Sun Is Shining Down, which finds Mayall teaming up with a stellar cast to deliver an impressively honest, flat-out blues album. What’s remarkable is that the guitarist, singer and songwriter has kept at it, with a discography that stretches into dozens of albums. As is legend, talent he fostered was handed off to huge classic rock acts like Cream, the Rolling Stones and more. British bluesman John Mayall has been a major force in the genre going back decades.