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Kamasi Washington: Tenor Saxophone
Lumpy: drumms/guitar
Matt Montgomery: bass/keyboards

Editor's Info:
Cross Coltrane with The Clash and it would resemble the departure point Throttle Elevator Music leaps from. Tenor Saxophonist Kamasi Washington takes the lead and raises the bar of instrumental intensity on 16 original compositions ranging from shorter punk minded 45 second flurries to thematic uptempo romps, and rounding out with a few expansionary journeys. Kamasi’s melodic tonality melds nicely into the electric undercurrent laid down by punk drummer/guitarist Lumpy, Wide Hive Player’s bassist/keyboardist/composer Matt Montgomery, and Wide Hive Players composer/engineer/producer Gregory Howe.

BBC Music magazine
“A collective of talented in-house players from San Francisco-based label Wide Hive. Producer and label owner Gregory Howe, who clearly has a great ear, has penned a striking selection of soul-fused jazz tracks for his house band.”

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These days it’s hard to get listeners’ attention. There are so many bands all vying for more fans that we, the listeners, get overwhelmed. Consequently, we don’t search for new groups as much as we used to, before the internet took over.

Throttle Elevator Music is one thing you should take notice of. They’ve managed to combine rock, punk, and jazz together to make a unique but tasty concoction.

Tenor Saxophonist Kamasi Washington and producer Greg Howe appear to be the men behind this project, according to the label’s website. Bassist/Keyboardist Matt Montgomery and drummer “Lumpy” fill in the remaining spots.

The songs on this album range from energetic, bursts of unrestrained energy (“Thrill Seeker,” “Capital Rumble”) to more laid–back, exploratory journeys (“Breather,” “Bass In The Sublime”). Others are a combination of the two, such as “Violet Revolutionary.̶.......
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Groźna załoga z San Francisco w natarciu!

Throttle Elevator Music założona przez trójkę muzyków z Frisco: saksofonistę Kamasiego Washingtona, perkusistę/gitarzystę Lumpy'ego i basistę/keyboardzistę Matta Montgomery'ego.
BBC Music magazine z entuzjazmem pisze "A collective of talented in-house players from San Francisco-based label Wide Hive. Producer and label owner Gregory Howe, who clearly has a great ear, has penned a striking selection of soul-fused jazz tracks for his house band”.
W USA porównywany do The Bad Plus i Medeski, Martin & Wood. Ich koncerty są jazzową jazdą bez trzymanki, kipiące zaraźliwą energią nagrania smakują jak najbardziej wybuchowy drink.
W wywiadach członkowie powołują się na dokonania Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, Trevor Watts' Moire Music Trio, Ornette Coleman's Prime Time i Last Exit. Wiele to mówi o ich artystycznej koncepcj
Płyta zawiera szesnaście własnych kompozycji członków zespołu i producenta, Gregory Howe'a, który wykonuje tutaj znakomitą robotę. W 2012 roku powołał do życia wydawnictwo Wide Hive Records, w któego barwach płyty wydają tacy muzycy jak Big Black, Calvin Keys, Larry Coryell, Roscoe Mitchell czy też Wide Hive Players.

"Throttle Elevator Music" dostępna jest na dwóch nośnikach:
CD i na Vinyl 1LP