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- Artist: Zu & Eugene Chadbourne
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- Release Date: April 13, 2000
- Genre: Avant-Garde
Review
For this endeavor the mad Doctor Chadbourne performs with a deliciously irreverent pianoless Italian quartet. More structured than some of the other recordings by Chadbourne, this one enjoys the impressive trumpet sounds of Ray Pacci, who seems to anticipate the guitarist's every move and adds a sort of Lester Bowie sound to the proceedings. Pacci effectively uses mutes and grows, plus short emphatic blasts and guttural blats, to pave his way. At times sounding a touch like late Miles, at others like Bowie, while always forging his own path, the trumpeter leads the procession with pomp and glory. With Jacopo Battaglia's hard core drumming and Massino Popillo's strong bass, the results are usually exciting and even thrilling at times. Overcoming some of the rambling that has characterized some of Chadbourne's earlier projects, this one is highly focused post-modern jazz mixed with a touch of avant-fusion. Chadbourne's electric guitar churns away and he leads the ensemble through dangerous terrain with barely a glitch. ~ Steven Loewy, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Cosmos | John Coltrane | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (5:16) |
| Chadbourne in the Sky With Diamonds | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (7:07) |
| Somewhere over the Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (1:37) |
| Porgy and Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (6:47) |
| Holiday in Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (1:09) |
| Acuenseur Pour le Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (5:00) |
| Inna Gadda Na Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (7:46) |
| 'O Chadbourne Mio! | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (1:49) |
| House of the Rising Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (4:05) |
| Stairway to Chadbourne | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (1:52) |
| For Those About to Chadbourne (We Salute You) | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (2:20) |
| Everybody Needs a Chadbourne (To Love) | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | Zu, Eugene Chadbourne | (1:12) |
| Spirits | Albert Ayler | Eugene Chadbourne, Zu | (5:16) |
