Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, the world's hardest-playing jazz band from Japan, strikes again in a dizzying way with Planet Pimp. After a serene intro to a church organ, the punk jazz of Hollow strikes mercilessly. This furious wave of energy continues with Storm, which, with a little good will, can be traced back to the soul jazz of the sixties. With Fantastic Planet's Latin jazz, the number of
… decibels is reduced considerably, but the high tempo remains intact. Go Next! allows the volume to swell again and degenerates into fanatic jazz rock. Darkside proves that the colorful company of Soil & "Pimp" Sessions can also play modestly. And so it goes on. However, the band does not only excel in producing large amounts of decibels, it also plays very adequately. Josei's powerful piano playing is particularly striking due to the tearing wind violence of trumpet player Tabu Zombie and saxophonist Motoharu. Stoner Shacho just doesn't have to sing. (AD)more
