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• Artist: Jill Brazil
• Album: The Songs of Jill Brazil
• Label: Pool or Pond
• Year of Release: 2001
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-30

Jazz or rock? What do you call the music of Bellingham based band Jill Brazil? They manage to effortlessly fuse the two together into one mean mix. Take away that Tortoise reference that you have in your head because these guys play a completely different brand of jazzy rock. Jill Brazil is more of a schizo style of jazz similar to that of John Zorn (add more rock) or Mr. Bungle (take away the vocals and add more jazz). At times the band is super happy and easy on the ears and then at the next moment they grit their teeth and do a bit of metal riffing over top of the all-over-the-place saxophone. For only being around a short time and for playing such demanding music it really is quite amazing that the band has pulled together an album of this quality. Jill Brazil are also versed at many diverse time signatures which really lends itself to the overall feel of the album. The Songs of Jill Brazil is a super album with a great production album and provides fun all the way around.

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