New American Wing

Avant-chamber-jazz trio of trumpet, guitar, and cello, with comforting but oblique compositions that lean towards post-rock, mostly in yummy 3-minute nibbles. Accessible stuff, often slow/pretty, with melodies that slip out of "normal" space (15 is a good example) the way jazz tends to do. Look up the band 33.3 -- these guys are relaxing like that but more complex.

PR materials praise the group as a new form of jazz and quote Eugene Chadbourne and Anthony Braxton singing the band's praises, so they must be for real, right? I'm just being cynical -- this is nice stuff deserving of an audience, and it does tickle the "jazz" part of my brain.

5,10,14 -- Fast jazzy snippets, perky. Under 1 minute each.

1- Stiff, overlapping, wandering lines. Lush near end
2- Soft; a bit like Euro cafe/sidewalk music. Slow and pretty.
3- Slow, w/train-whistle twang
4- Odd 7/8 groove with floaty leads
6- Swaying and slowish
7- Rolling, folky feel w/strummed guitar. Pretty. Mid/fast
8- Shimmering, slow. Solo guitar.
9- Dreamy, w/surreal turns later on
11- Dramatic sweeps. Jazzy flavor, gets a bit crazy.
12- Slow country guitar
13- Slow cello, into floaty group work
15- Slow, peaceful, sad
16- Soft cello/guitar duet