Jeff Coffin Mu'tet - Bloom (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+cue, scans) / 393.3 MB | 1 CD | Total Time: 59:40 min
Jazz / Progressive / Fusion | Label: Compass Records | Released: 2005
We've heard of quartets, quintets, sextets, etc, but "mu'tet"s? That's the multi-saxophonist's way of covering the many different ensemble switches and guest personnel appearing on this wildly wonderful, genre-defying effort, which was made possible by the hiatus of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, of which Jeff Coffin has been a member of since 1997. The energy of the up-tempo tracks - which range from the brassy New Orleans "second line" party tunes "Move Your Rug" and "Better Do Your Thing" to the hip-hop soul-jazz of "The Mad Hatter Rides Again" - is so intense that you never want it to come down.