'Just As / Thought'
Jazz extraordinaire
By STEFANIE PLEET
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
David Sancious’ new LP “Just As I
Thought” on the Arista label is the
logical step in a sequence of ex
traordinary progressive jazz albums.
It is easy to bring to mind the happy
Hammond organ solo Sancious
performed during “Kitty’s Back” on
Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wild, the
Innocent, and theE-Street Shuffle” in
1973. This and the soprano sax on “E-
Street Shuffle” are mild.examples of
Sancious’ various instrumental
talents that include brilliant
keyboards, moogs, guitars, clavinet
and string arrangements.
While touring with Springsteen,
Epic approached Sancious about a
solo effort. Ernest Carter on drums
and percussion and Gerry Carboy on
electric bass, both from the E-Street
Band, joined Sancious on a solid first
LP entitled “Forest of Feeling”
produced by Billy Cobham in 1975
which is a blend of electric and
acoustic jazz. Far from the hard rock
of Springsteen, the concise jazz
arrangements of David Sancious
shine.
This album gained Sancious such
recognition within his field that he
made guest appearances on great
jazz albums such as Stanley, Clarke's
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“School Days” and “Journey To
Love,” and Lenny White’s “Venusian
Summer.” He then returned to play
keyboards on the song “Born To
Run,” the title cut of Springsteen’s
long awaited 1975 LP.
The statement music of Sancious’
latest release, “Just As I Thought,”
which Offord also co-produced, shows
his growth and development through
his earlier albums has brought him to
a mixture of melodic jazz in
strumentals and rhythm and blues
involving a wide variety of acoustic
and electric arrangements.
The first side opens with “Run,” a
fast-paced instrumental arranged
around Sancious’ smooth electric
bass and is followed by the title track, ’
“Just As I Thought,” which is one of
two short acoustic piano pieces that '
display Sancious’ intense keyboard
abilities.
, Both sides of “Just As I Thought"
are structured such that there are
constant transitions between driving
electric jazz and mellow acoustic
pieces colored by the emotional
vocals of Kabir Ghani, an example of
which is the love song, “Again.”
The reverse side ends with a
touching instrumental “Again”
reprise, that unifies the album’s
varieties of music. •
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'Labour of Lust': Pop rock's saving grace
By MARY JO SANTILLI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Nick Lowe understands the con
ventions of pop music. He understands
them so well, in fact, he knows how to
break from, stretch, or totally distort
those conventions. Lowe makes music
that is, at once, familiar and unique.
“Labour of Lust,” Lowe’s recent ef
fort, emerges as some kind of saving
grace. It proves that somebody out there
is willing and able to make good pop
music.
When I say “good pop music” I mean
the kind of music that used to be as
familiar as your local top 40 station
(because that’s where you would find it).
I mean Motown groups like The
Temptations and Smokey Robinson and
The Mjracles, The Beatles, and producer
Phil Spector’s masterful work with
artists such as The Ronnettes and The
Righteous Brothers.
I mention the above in particular
because they are all perceptible in
Lowe’s style—along with rockabilly and
a bit of country.
Add Lowe’s own rather bent ‘7os
sensibility and you have “Labour of
Lust," a regular pop potpourri.
Lowe slips in and out of pop musical
forms easily, incorporating his vast
musical wisdom with stunning agility. It
becomes practically an art in itself.
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Influences are recognizable in bits and
pieces. “Cruel to Be Kind” has
Beatlesque riffs underscored by a
Motownish percussion section. The
rockabilly beat of “Born Fighter” is
embellished with a bluesy harp solo.
Lowe’s genius comes to light in the
way he employs musical flourishes. He
is at times eccentric, but always
brilliant and innovative. The rolling
guitar licks on “Cracking Up,” the
smashing, bashing, insistent drum beat
on “Big Kick, Plain Scrap,” and “Skin
Deep” 's hypnotic rhythym guitar riffs
give this music a freshness lacking in
most pop music.
Terrific hooks abound “Cruel to be
Kind” plays in your head for days. In
“American Squirm” even the bass runs
are melodic. You can listen to this music
forever without ever getting past the
wonderful melodies.
But beware, for underneath this
seemingly innocuous music, a truly
demented mind is at work.
Lowe’s sense of humor is the clincher.
“Labour of Lust” is such a fitting title
for this LP Lowe’s blatant sexuality
is, at times, an ironic contrast to his
light, bouncy tunes.
For instance, “Dose of You” has lyrics
that run like this, “Caught a dose of you
tonite/ Need a staph shot badly,” all to a
tune as sweet as cotton candy.
“Switch Board Susan” is so obvious,
it’s funny. Lyrics like “When I’m with
you girl I get an extention/And I don’t
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point.
Lowe’s at his best as craftsman
playing the clown. When he tries to pare
down to the bare essentials and become
serious, as he does in “You Make Me,” it
doesn’t quite work.
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Nick Lowe deftly assembles these
three-minute masterpieces while
managing to keep an air of spontaneity.
Lowe dropped in with his musical sen
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