The Outsiders

Ross McHenry Trio - The Outsiders (2017) {First Word Records FW162CD}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Creative / Jazz Funk

The Outsiders may be the third solo album by the Shaolin Afronauts' bassist and bandleader Ross McHenry for First Word, but it marks the debut from his fine trio that includes fellow Adelaidean pianist Matthew Sheens and New Zealand's Myele Manzanza on drums. This is a "fusion trio" in that they juxtapose jazz harmonics, timbral exploration, and syncopation with rock and funk rhythms. But McHenry's compositions are rooted in explosions of color, disciplined dynamics, and glorious rhythmic invention.

The Outsiders - Count For Something: Albums, Demos, Live, Unreleased 1976-1978 (2021) {5CD Set, Raw Edge–Cherry Red}
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Rock / British Punk / Post Punk / New Wave / Alternative

A huge selection of work from the Outsiders – not the group who recorded famously for Capitol in the late 60s, but an early UK punk combo who features some fantastic vocals and guitar from the young Adrian Borland! The Outsiders definitely have a sound that's in the spirit of 1977 – short, sharp, and very tight – but Borland also has chops on the guitar that most of his contemporaries do not – which means that even in the small space of these cuts, you'll get some guitar solos that link the music both backwards towards some more expansive British work, and the sound of the American scene of the 80s – when early punk groups started to learn their instruments, and solo a bit more.