Year of the Snake (2003)

About this title: On Year of the Snake, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble met a tough challenge: to create jazz with roots in the jovial New Orleans brass band tradition, but with more than enough modern twists to make it sound fresh and original, and certainly not at all revivalist. It's not just that the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble mix original material and eclectic cover choices, including "Iko Iko," Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa," James Brown's "Soul Power," and Sun Ra's "A Call for All Demons." It's also how they mix in a lot of contemporary soul and funk influences, particularly in some of Aaron Bellamy's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Parade [Field]
2. Year of the Snake [Peterson/Field/Hers]
3. Soul Makossa [Dibango]
4. Soul Power [Brown]
5. A Call for All Demons [Ra]
6. Central Square [Field]
7. Some Nerve [Scofield]
8. El Choclo [Villoldo/Public Dom]
9. Iko Iko/Aicho [Crawford/Field]
10. I Got It [Field]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.