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Dogs of Great Indifference

Dogs of Great Indifference
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Studio album by Jim Black's AlasNoAxis
Released June 13, 2006
Recorded October 30 & 31 and November 1, 2005
Brooklyn Recording, NY
Genre Improvised music, jazz
Length 65:26
Label Winter & Winter 910 120
Producer Stefan Winter
Jim Black chronology
Habyor
(2004)Habyor2004
Dogs of Great Indifference
(2006)
Houseplant
(2009)Houseplant2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
AllAboutJazz 4.5/5 stars

Dogs of Great Indifference is the fourth album by drummer Jim Black's AlasNoAxis featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Chris Speed, guitarist Hilmar Jensson and bassist Skúli Sverrisson released on the Winter & Winter label in 2006.

In his review for Allmusic, Dave Lynch said "Maybe a bandleader as accomplished as Black sees Dogs of Great Indifference merely as fun indie rock, but there's also the possibility that in all its contradictions, this music has perfectly captured the Zeitgeist of the mid-2000s, a time when nobody actually agrees upon a common Zeitgeist yet everybody is in it together". In JazzTimes, Andrew Lindemann Malone observed "Those who like to relax with tunes may find Dogs of Great Indifference to be too unsteady, but if you want stimulation, Black and his band are right on the beam". On AllAboutJazz Chris May stated "Dogs Of Great Indifference, the Seattle-born, Brooklyn-based drummer's fourth disc with his AlasNoAxis quartet, is a near-perfect gumbo. Heavy on backbeats and slash and burn guitar riffs, it's also full of astonishing freewheeling collective improvisation and adventure".

All compositions by Jim Black


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