Under the names Doctor Rockit, Wishmountain and his own surname, Matthew Herbert is not without merit in the field of intelligent dance music. Under his own name he returns to his youth with the Matthew Herbert Big Band. At the age of seven he already played the piano and violin in various orchestras and started touring with them from the age of sixteen. Just like his approach to dance, his approach
… to jazz is not directly the easiest. Without using familiar ingredients from dance, such as drum machines, computers and samples, he throws himself into complex jazz compositions, which at first sight can only come from the New York avant garde jazz scene. Think of John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay (who also participates on this CD) and John Zorn. Only very far away will the trained listener recognize his work as Herbert. For the rest, Goodbye Swingtime is a genius in the field of film noir jazz to extremely complex experimental jazz. In short, here too Matthew Herbert continues to push his boundaries by absolutely not shying away from experimentation. (AD)more
