Mostly Other People Do the Killing – ‘Disasters Vol. 1’ (2022)
Even now, no one else in jazz compares to Moppa Elliot’s returning Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Audacity with the chops to make it work remains the basic recipe.
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Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – ‘Harder On the Outside’ (2019)
Though the lineup changed for ‘Harder On the Outside,’ daring and creativity has been the constant of Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord for its 15-year existence.
Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Paint (2017)
After the septet outing ‘Loafer’s Hollow’, Moppa Elliot makes “less is more” the mantra for the trio feature ‘Paint’. Which only goes to show that size really doesn’t matter with Mostly Other People Do The Killing; only gumption does.
Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Loafer’s Hollow (2017)
Blurring the lines between art and wit for fourteen years running, Mostly Other People Do The Killing are still making absurdity in jazz fun.
Jon Lundbom + Big Five Chord – Jeremiah (2015)
‘Jeremiah’ is the jazziest Jon Ludbom and Big Five Chord album yet but none of the Big Five Chord edge gets diminished in the process. The adventures continue with the same vigor and ingenuity as before.
Jon Lundbom + Big Five Chord, “The Bottle” from Jeremiah (2015)
Lundbom’s original tune “The Bottle” is a good indicator that there’s no let up from Big Five Chord in Jeremiah from their previous five records.
Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – Liverevil (2014)
Jon Lundbom’s Big Five Chord shares a lot of members with Bryan & the Haggards and Mostly Other People Do the Killing, and thus, that wild and wooly DNA is built into the band. You May Also Like: Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – ‘Harder On the Outside’ (2019)Read More
Bryan and the Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne – Merles Just Want To Have Fun (2013)
A two-step shuffle, a slightly exaggerated country croon, and two feisty saxes with occasional late-period Coltrane wails arousing suspicions that these are wack jazz guys playing Merle Haggard, not dedicated country music musicians. You May Also Like: Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – ‘Harder On the Outside’ (2019)
Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Red Hot (2013)
When I got finished listening to Mostly Other People Do The Killing’s new album Red Hot, I thought, “man, this is the best album they’ve ever made.” You May Also Like: Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Loafer’s Hollow (2017) Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Paint (2017)
Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Slippery Rock (2013)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxpYZDQLnk&w=420&h=315] I like Mostly Other People Do The Killing (heretofore referred to as MOPDTK) because they’re merry musical marksmen, top drawer jazz musicians who shoot down every style they suggest. But I don’t know how many other people can dig this. You May Also Like: Mostly Other People DoRead More
