Reviews by tall_poppy

The best album by the best band in the 90’s alt rock movement

Composed jazz with third stream elements, at its best among the best of 50’s jazz all time. Propelled by its two centrepieces - Blue Rondo and Take Five - and otherwise filled with attractive piano-trio structured songs, elevated by the extrarodinary talent of Paul Desmond on alto sax in mellifluous and tone-perfect (though often-brief) solos.

Really admire this first record by TP and the H’s. The 60’s were only a few years in the rearview but seemed light years away, when he channeled them in combination with punk / new wave energy as well or better than anybody in this era.