★★★★★
The Motet is notorious for shuffling through band members and collaborators. The group's founder and primary songwriter, Dave Watts, has even drummed for the Everyone Orchestra. But despite his penchant for variety, Watts recently closed the Motet's revolving door and has maintained the group's lineup for more than a year. The result is Instrumental Dissent, the group's most focused record to date. Based in Boulder, Colo...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Back in the 1970s, a mix of electric and acoustic instruments playing twisty heads and highly evolved improvised jams to hard-driving beats was called "jazz," or, more precisely and specifically to that decade, "jazz fusion." Its practitioners included such luminaries as Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Hubert Laws, Grant Green (toward the end of his career) and lots of others.These days, that same kind of music goes by other names, presumably because the word "jazz" scares many folks away...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
You know, every once in a while, a group comes along that makes a reviewer glad to be of assistance in spreading the word about it. The Motet is one of those groups. Based in Boulder, Colorado, but touring throughout the United States, The Motet creates an instant connection with its audience...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-07
★★★★★
Track Listing: Afro Disco Beat; Johnny Just Drop; Anew; Instrumental Dissent; Afrotech; Music is the Weapon; Slice of Humanity; La Lucha; Blowback; What Have We Done Here?; Old Orchard. Personnel: Dave Wats: drums and drum programming; Dominic Lalli: tenor saxophone; Garrett Sayers: bass; Scott Messersmith: percussion; Adam Revell: keyboards; Ryan Jalbert: guitar; Jon Gray: trumpet; Jon Stewart: alto saxophone; Mark Tragesser: baritone saxophone...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
The Boulder based jazz-jammers continue their world influenced explorations on this predominantly instrumental, nearly hour long project. The six-piece Motet gets off to an impressive start as the opening salvo of tunes darts between funk, Afro-beat, Latin and world sounds with a slight underpinning of electronic touches, all driven by a nimble yet fiery attack. Unfortunately the band can't quite maintain that pace and as the disc unwinds...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
Loading...
