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24 November 12 - 18, 2008 l Planet Jackson Hole l www.PlanetJH.com updated daily FALL CLASS SCHEDULE: Sept 2 - Dec 20, 2008 MONDAY 9:00-10:30am Level 1 Bridget 12:00-1:15pm Noon Yoga Bridget TUESDAY 7:30-8:45am All Levels Cate 12:00-1:15pm Prenatal Deb/Jen 5:30-7:00pm Level 1 Ralph 7:30-9:00pm Yoga for Skiers Ralph WEDNESDAY 9:00-10:30am Level 1 Dondi 12:00-1:15pm Noon Yoga Dondi 5:30-7:00pm All Levels Cate THURSDAY 8:00-9:30am Level 2 Bridget 5:30-7:00pm Level 1 Bridget FRIDAY 9:00-10:30am Level 1 Janet 12:00-1:15pm Noon Yoga Janet SATURDAY 9:00-10:30am All Levels SUNDAY Bridget 6:00-6:45pm Open Meditation 165 Front Street • 208-354-2871 • www.yogatejas.com album review It is common knowledge that James Taylor lived part of his life, and wrote most of his iconic folk hits in a drug induced haze. Luckily, being the super star he is, Taylor was still able to produce offspring. James' son, Benjamin James, is now indulging his own disires in the world of music. The Legend Of Kung Folk Part 1 (The Killing Bite) is the latest from Taylor The Younger (to use the parlance of this past political season) and he follows close in his father's footsteps with a classic folk sound and intimate lyrics. You can hear the sexy first single "Wicked Way" and more on your channel for new music in the valley, KMTN. - Jack Murray Your Mountain of Music! (307) 733-KMTN www.KMTNTHEMOUNTAIN.com CDREVIEWS Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium featuring Pharoah Sanders KENNY GARRETT 3.5 out of 5 Miles Davis reinvented jazz five times, and while the same can’t be said of Kenny Garrett, who played tenor sax in the trumpet titan’s last band between 1987 and 1991, his 2008 live release recorded at the NYC club, Iridium, and released on the rising label Mack Avenue, proves him a musical polyglot. Without actually imitating, Garrett channels the spirit of John Coltrane on “The Ring,” a 14-minute workout in which he first refers to the Charles Mingus opus “Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat,” before unmistakably invoking Trane’s “A Love Supreme,” and his mentor, Davis, on the title track. Funky grooves dominate much of this disc – a cool funk, not nearly as aloof as Miles might have played it, but certainly not as searing and explosive as what Garrett devotees have come to expect. Then of course there’s the great Pharoah Sanders sitting in and offering some exciting blasts. The energy is high and positive throughout, reaching its peak with the closer, “Happy People,” though the moods and keys and timbres are not nearly as varied as on Garrett’s past studio work. But, like I said, Garrett doesn’t limit himself and isn’t just going through the motion. - Rich Anderson X0X0, PANDA AND THE NEW KID REVIVAL HER SPACE HOLIDAY 4 out of 5 Her Space Holiday is a guy who plays guitar and sings stories about how screwed up the world is and how much fun people should be having because the world is screwed up, and if they spend any time worrying about that then they are really missing out. He is the kind of guy you would like to meet on a train in another country, or on a street corner when you are new to a town and need to find good people, good things and good times; he has worldly wisdom. He sings quite frankly about love, work, survival and the innocence and hugeness of young kids exploring romance. XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival is like a call to be young again, to regain your imagination and savoring of life. “If life is one big symphony, don’t play your part too cautiously, the crowd will love you for being brave,” he sings on “The Day In Review.” But he still sings with the abruptness - the abrasive honesty - of a punk rocker, which makes his message “legit,” or palatable to those who like anything uplifting to have a dark edge somewhere on it. - Henry Sweets Who is this Man? JOHN ROBINSON 5 out of 5 Half-dozing off around 2 a.m., Tuesday morning, I stumbled upon this disc. My eyes and ears popped to the jazzy basslines and poignant lyrics, much like they did when I discovered both of the artists who have full reign over this work – underground hip-hop producer/emcee M.F. Doom and Little Sci of Scienz of Life. Doom produces the beats throughout the entire album, injecting old-school vocal samples that have either been extracted from a 1930s detective flick, an 80s afterschool special or a sensational newscast. Doom upholds his rep for narrative production; when the album concludes it’s like you’ve just completed the last chapter of a book that somehow, had your head bopping the whole time. Little Sci’s stirring lyrics and lucid, gripping cadences tell the story of John Robinson – a kat revolting against major label programmers and a society deaf to the poetic prowess, culture and energy that lies in underground hip-hop. This album is geared for groove-heads, introspective types and, especially, for anyone who thinks they don’t dig hip-hop. – Robyn Vincent
Phil Round: valley music staple, mentor Singer, guitarist, musician, teacher and bandleader Phil Round is one of Jackson’s longest standing professional musicians and teachers, though largely unknown to the younger generation of players in and around the valley. From 1986 to 1996, Round toured with internationally acclaimed, Jackson-grown bluegrass band, Loose Ties. The band went on to produce five CDs, perform at Telluride Bluegrass Festival six times (winning their Best New Band competition), and placed second to Alison Krauss and Union Station at the Best New Acoustic Group competition in Louisville, Kentucky. After a decade of touring and recording, Round moved from the public sector to the private. He formed the Snake River Band and began performing both solo and with his band at weddings, corporate events, and private parties. He also performs regularly as a soloist in the lobby of Amangani Hotel. Planet Jackson Hole: Who’s in the Snake River Band and what’s it all about? Phil Round: The core of the band is largely myself, Ed Domer & Derrik Hufsmith, but even those players could change. Depending upon whether we’re more of a jazz standard band, or an R&B band, or a country band … we have a huge repertoire. We can cover upwards of 1,500 songs from all kinds of different genres, from Lyle Lovett and Frank Sinatra, to Bossa Novas to Sting. The band can morph into different entities. Sometimes I’ll fly people in from Nashville if it’s called for. PJH: You mentioned that a lot of people in Jackson might not know of the Snake River Band. If people were interested in seeing you guys play after they read this, would there be a public opportunity? PR: No, we don’t play publicly, and that’s why we’re below the radar. Obviously, the wages that are paid for club gigs … first of all, we don’t want to play in clubs. Really, I have no interest in justifying my existence through alcohol sales, and that’s what you have to do in the club scene. And that’s a necessary evil. We’ve all played a ton of club dates over the years and that’s what all musicians have to do, but it’s a pretty nice luxury, or payoff, after years Phil Round of doing this where you don’t have to justify [it that way]. And hey, I’m not some religious fundamentalist, but the people who are deciding whether musicians get to play are alcohol salesmen. PJH: I hear what you’re saying. What about a venue that doesn’t necessarily bank on alcohol sales, like the Center Theater? PR: Well, that’s a possibility, but we’re not a concert band. I was in a concert band for many years, the Loose Ties band. The Snake River Band is a different entity. It’s a party band and a dance band. It isn’t designed for the generation that populates clubs right now. That’s probably the one demographic that we don’t handle so well [laughs]. I’ve written some stuff, but our clients aren’t interested in hearing original material, they’re interested in hearing stuff they recognize. My interest is in doing this material … well … not exactly transcribed, but playing these covers at a high enough integrity where its not only recognizable, but impressive to people. Playing live is necessarily imperfect … and it can be an adrenal rush. I like that level of excitement. PJH: How do you balance teaching with performing live? PR: I usually don’t teach on weekend days when I’m performing, but sometimes it overlaps. Sometimes, I might be the only singer and singing for four www.PlanetJH.com updated daily l Planet Jackson Hole l November 12 - 18, 2008 25 MUSICBOX Aaron Davis hours straight, which didn’t used to be a big deal, but as I get older, singing is a pretty physical thing … a lot more physically taxing than playing. Even though the Amangani is a mellow scene and un-amplified, it actually requires more of me as a singer than when I’m playing with a band through a good sound system. You have to fill the room with just your lungs. PJH: What drew you to teaching music in the first place? PR: What drew me to teaching [laughs] … was the necessity to make a living. Of course I wouldn’t have had the confidence to be a teacher if I had not attended the Berklee College of Music. Though I didn’t go for very long, I learned so much in my time there that gave me confidence to do a good job. It’s always been hard on some level to make a living as a musician. My philosophy is that you want to be able to do a lot of different things, not be a one-trick pony. One of those is teaching. I didn’t really aspire to be a teacher, but once I started, you realize that you are constantly learning when you are teaching. You have these epiphanies in the middle of explaining something and all of a sudden your playing a chord you’ve never played in your life before. PJH: What advice would you give to young musicians who are considering a career in the music business? PR: The thing I tell musicians that work with me and for me is that you really gotta have your act together. No matter how talented you are and how much people might love what you do, you are an independent businessperson. On some level, its not any different than running a general store or a gas station. The very best players in Nashville, if they’re hard to work with, they don’t work. You can’t play well enough to overcome being an asshole. Eventually you’ll get kicked out of the band or people won’t want to work with ya. It’s a joke, but just because you’re a guitar player doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be a musician. You should be able to communicate and speak the same language to other musicians. If you’re mammothly talented with wood, you don’t deprive yourself from having a chop saw or a really nice plane as a carpenter. PJH In addition to keeping his finger on the local music pulse, Aaron Davis is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, trout hunter and snow rider originally from the rolling hills of Kentucky. www.aarondavismusic.com. THEGOODS ANDREW WYATT A sign spotted in the top of Movieworks Cinema inspired the name of high school indie-rock band Rotating Superstructure. The quartet will be the featured act at this week’s Friday Live concert. Talking with 17-year-old drummer Shawn Fleming, I quickly realize that these guys live to play music, and they will for years to come. “We practice quite a bit … about every weekday night for a couple of hours and usually Saturdays,” Fleming said. Other band members include Shawn’s brother Kyle Fleming on guitar, bassist Bridger Huhn, and Victor Pokorny on guitar, piano, and vocals, as well as being the primary songwriter. With influences ranging from folk to indie music, these four players listen to everything from Radiohead to Bob Dylan, Modest Mouse, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, and The Virgins. With their high school careers coming to an end, thoughts are wandering beyond Jackson Hole. “We’ve been talking about that a lot,” Fleming said. “We might move to somewhere like Seattle for a couple of years … try to tour and play as much as possible. If the band doesn’t work out, maybe music school or be a studio musician.” The band performed at last summer’s Music in the Hole to thousands of people, and also had gigs around town at galleries and the art fair. Next month, they will branch out to perform in Salt Lake City, and to record 10 original tunes for their upcoming release, Fat Chicks with Party Hats. Jackson Hole Music Experience will host Friday Live! featuring Rotating Superstructure 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson Hole High School. Admission is $5, which includes one free raffle ticket for an electric guitar or an iPod. Pizza and drinks will be for sale. Visit www.JHME.org or myspace.com/rotatingsuperstructure, email info@jhme.org, or call 733-3970. PJH
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