The Jack Silverman Ordeal
Jazz man and all around cultural aficionado Jack Silverman asked Electric Avenue to create his musical home on the interwebs. We were proud to oblige.
Adding a bit of Blue Note styling to the fabulous Twenty-ten theme released with the new version of WordPress, we created a feast for the eyes and, of course, ears.
Live site is here. //check it out. Jack and his band are:
Purveyors of everything from crime jazz to ’70s blaxploitation-style soundtracks to scary circus music to sitcom theme songs, The Jack Silverman Ordeal mine a musical terrain far left of the typical Music City fare. Featuring 10 original instrumental compositions along with a wacked-out recasting of The Meters’ “Cissy Strut,: the band’s eponymous debut weaves together infectious grooves, haunting melodies, stellar ensemble playing, a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek musical humor, and of course Silverman’s singular guitar work — a blend of lyricism, dissonance, haunting melodies, tongue-in-cheek musical humor and imaginative improvisation that avoids (or at times lampoons) the rote clichés of the six-string canon.
