Album Of The Day: Love Press Ex-Curio by Charlie Peacock

Album Art of Charlie Peacock's Love Press Ex-Curio album - In the top left, some sort of colorful line drawing is happening. Many imperfect circles of blue, black, orange and red intersect and I can't tell what it's supposed to be. Maybe people making music on instruments in a very abstract way? To the right of that, in multi-colored letters in a slightly odd font, is the artist's name. In the bottom left is the album title, and to the right of that is a huge list of featured players on the album. Along the bottom and more on the right than the left is some very small line drawing. The background throughout is white.

Released 20 years ago tomorrow, this is Charlie Peacock's first release as a jazz/improvisational music artist. For nearly 30 years before this, he had been playing in bands and performing is own brand of jazz-tinged and funk-infused pop, but on this album he records himself doing jazz on the keyboards and some electronic programming along with many of his musical friends and experienced jazz players. The title Love Press Ex-Curio is short for "Loves Pressure Exhibits Curiosity," probably a phrase that describes Charlie well. This is an album of experimental jazz with some electronic music and may not be for everybody, but I like the beauty and unpredictability of these compositions and improvisations. In the last few years, Mr. Peacock has released a good number of jazz and other types of instrumental albums on streaming, and sadly none of them are yet on physical formats because some are quite good.

Release Year: 2005
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