Tad Britton - CicadaMuch like the cicada, Seattle drummer Tad Britton's new release spent the last 23 years as an unfinished master, misplaced in a hidden away, dark closet. The resulting mixes reveal the deep musical relationship between Tad, bassist Jeff Johnson, saxophonist Hans Teuber and guitarist Pete Fogle, that developed over a decade through hundreds of hours of sessions, all of them recorded on mountains of cassette tapes. Two studio recording sessions (in 1992

Song Machine

The album birthed a sound which became a template for thousands of new subgenres

After their last album 'Secret' was released in 1983

tough times

Vivona's not only flipped his own model

from the mid-2000s

Georg Nigl is amazing in the main role

and early Rock & Roll

and a rousing rendition of Martin Luther's hymn a Mighty Fortress

Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists- playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz

he explored a more restained

Faced with the uncertainties and complications of modern life