| Product Summary | | Label: Ryko Distribution | | UPC: 00825005931926 | | Release Date: 4/6/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 60629665 | | Item#: MV66WX | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Chick A Boom Boom Boom - (featuring David "Fathead" Newman) ~ Mocean Worker |  | | 2. Only The Shadow Knows ~ Mocean Worker | | | 3. Right Now ~ Mocean Worker | | | 4. Shamma Lamma Ding Dong - (featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 5. I'll Take The Woods - (featuring Ambrosia Parsley) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 6. Salted Fatback - (featuring Bill Frisell) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 7. Move ~ Mocean Worker | | | 8. That's What's Happenin' Tonight - (featuring Les McCann) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 9. On & On ~ Mocean Worker | | | 10. Blackbird - (featuring Nina Simone) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 11. Float - (featuring Jane Monheit) ~ Mocean Worker | | | 12. Collection II ~ Mocean Worker | |
| | With the release of Enter The MoWo! (the debut title on his MoWo! Inc. imprint), Adam has created an album that represents the culmination of his highly varied musical experiences and relationships. "This is the first Mocean Worker record where I feel that I've captured on disc what's always been in my head," he says. "In the past, I'd talk about all these artists I grew up knowing, and ended up working with -- Hal Willner, Bill Frisell, or David "Fathead" Newman -- but then you'd hear my records, and they didn't always accurately reflect where I wanted to go musically." Where Mocean Worker wanted to go musically on Enter The MoWo! was a realm where elements of jazz, funk and electronic music co-exist in a lively, refreshing fashion. The result is an album that merits the generous application of adjectives like "sophisticated" and "playful" more than another damn Cole Porter revival, and it's a hell of a lot hipper, to boot. Through the marvels of modern technology, Adam orchestrates a virtual flute battle between the legendary Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Franck Gauthier of French rock band Rinocerose ("Shamma Lamma Ding Dong"). He recasts a classic Nina Simone vocal over a bed of rippling piano and atmospheric beats ("Blackbird"). The tracks that don't rely on the contributions of dead icons are equally engaging: The driving percussion, flamenco guitar and rousing mouth organ of the irresistible hip-shaker "Move"; the funky breaks and zany sound effects of the 21st century burlesque classic "That's What's Happening Tonight"; the spooky ambience of "Only the Shadow Knows."
"...Fantastic..." The Philadelphia Inquirer
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Mocean Worker: Adam Dorn. | | Additional personnel includes: David "Fathead" Newman, Houston Person, Bill Frisell, Nina Simone, Jane Monheit, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. | | Personnel: Jane Monheit, Ambrosia Parsley, Nina Simone (vocals); Dan Seta, Bill Frisell (guitar); Franck Gauthier, Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute); David "Fathead" Newman , Houston Person (saxophone); Briggan Krauss (baritone saxophone); Steven Bernstein (trumpet); Curtis Fowlkes, Clark Gayton (trombone); Les McCann (sampler); Hal Willner (turntables). | | Audio Mixer: Martin Brumbach. | | Recording information: The Dornmitory. | | Photographer: Dirk Vandenberk. | | The modern technique of combining the dead with the living in music is most often used for evil (Nat King and Natalie Cole dueting on "Unforgettable" anyone?). But on his fourth album, Adam Dorn comes correct, combining the sampled flute chops of Rahsaan Roland Kirk with the live playing of Frenchman Franck Gauthier of Rin???r?se on the oddly titled "Shamma Lamma Ding Dong." Odd because the music doesn't evoke the '50s doo wop implied by the name, but rather a groovy jazz trip in line with everyone from jazz great Donald Byrd to modern architect Carl Craig (specifically his Detroit Experiement project). | | The '40s to '60s jazz vibe is all over this record, with the ghost of Nina Simone appearing on "Blackbird," in addition to a dozen living artists, including saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman and vocalist Ambrosia Parsley, the later of whom appears on one of the albums few non-jazz offerings, the Lamb-esq melancholy of "I'll Take the Woods. Another jazz-less moment comes on the arid "Float," which features the formless voice of Jane Monheit, as well as guitarist Dan Seta, doing his best version of U2's The Edge ? la The Unforgettable Fire. All of which might be more or less compelling than the juke-joint rev-up of "Chick a Boom Boom Boom or "Right Now," depending on if you want to bop or drift. Either way, Dorn offers exactly the mood you need. ~ Joshua Glazer |
Producer: Adam Dorn; Martin Brumbach |
Engineer: Martin Brumbach |
Musical Guests | | David "Fathead" Newman | | Houston Person | | Bill Frisell | | Jane Monheit | | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | | Ambrosia Parsley | | Les McCann | | Nina Simone |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/06/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 9319 | | Label : Sin-Drome Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00825005931926 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | CMJ (4/04, p.41)
- "MOWO! ends with 'Collection II,' an acknowledged tribute to Brian Eno that, like Eno's best work, seems to interfere with time and space in an aurally intriguing manner."Salon.com 8 of 10
There's a growing body of work combining jazz and electronica, and the best record the fledgling gen
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