On the Culture Industry

 The playing of the three instrumentalists on On the Culture Industry is something along the lines of immaculate, the pieces sounding as if they have been rehearsed to a total comfort level and the interplay crisp and vigorously defined in tone and texture. What the group needs to work on is creating something of an even more unique nature. Finding inspiration in real on-the-ground revolutionaries is understandable, but the real kernel of wisdom in this case lies in a close study of "Ah-Leu-Cha" -- performances of which have become of a favorite of many jazz listeners -- simply because the piece is so different than so many other pieces in this genre.