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If Kamasi Washington, Thundercat and Terrace Martin in the West Coast Get Down Collective developed a sound mark for Los Angeles jazz, then the six (not so popular yet) members of High Pulp can be said to have made a statement of where jazz is headed in Seattle in the Northwest of the USA. Both ensembles explore sound and structure from improvisation and jam session.
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On the album PURSUIT OF ENDS you can still hear it very well; High Pulp produce largely self-contained fusion tracks that glide along keyboard surfaces, but suddenly come out of themselves under heavy drumming (“Window To A Shimmering World”) or at some point change the timbre (“A Ring On Each Finger”).
The two saxophonists Victory Nguyen and Andrew Morrill don’t even play a leading role, rather drummer Rob Granfelt and bassist Scott Rixon set instrumental smoke signals with their hip-hop and metal backgrounds. This new jazz variant becomes particularly exciting on a track like “Wax Hands” with guest harpist Brandee Younger: three and a half minutes in a state of limbo, minimal music with maximum charisma.
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