Cargo Records

On Cortez

"This is the sort of stuff that's tailor-made for late-night listening or for lazy afternoons when some nasty storm forces you to remain indoors. I would recommend this record to anyone - jazz fan or not." - Delusions of adequacy

"Not a reissue from our bicentennial year, Dragons 1976 is a new Chicago trio featuring drummer Tim Daisy, bassist Jason Ajemian and saxophonist Aram shelton...this trio's improvisation is deeply informed by a noir-ish sensibility, with dark melodic tones and elliptical solos that are rarely busy. The band's gentle sense of swing creates a nice open scheme, where you can feel the music breathe as one idea unhurriedly moves to the next. It does kick it up a notch (Bam!) on "Humboldt," a static piece that goes the first five minutes without any chord progressions, hovering like a helicopter (thanks to the whirlwind drumming of Daisy), before a tension-releasing groove comes on for the swinging coda attached to the end. A pretty sounding avat-garde trio that's perfect for late-night listening, particularly if you have company." - Tad hendrickson, CMj

Track Listing

1 Canopy 7:52
2 Felt 5:36
3 Upstairs Downstairs 6:03
4 Heater 5:00
5 The Way It Is 3:30
6 Humboldt 6:44
7 Star Night 5:26