New Release: Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages from Ed Palermo Big Band
New Release: Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages from Ed Palermo Big Band Label: Sky Cat Records Street Date: April 18, 2025 Website: www.palermobigband.com The music of Ed Palermo Big Band sow elements of experimental jazz merged with cinematic sound, theatrical intensity, piercing glam rock thunder, and high octane orchestrations to produce playful genre-bending mash-ups on the band's release Prog vs. Fusion . Palermo's innovative pollination of musical styles creates a laser light show for the ears with horns layered into multi-tiered soundscapes, electro-pop effects that infuse explosive fireworks streaking across the melodic progressions, and scores that plunge into big band jazz tremors like their revamp of "Long Distance Runaround," written by Jon Anderson of the '70s rock band Yes. Palermo's breed of jazz rock weaves Chick Corea's melodic motifs with Frank Zappa's prog rock fervor on "Spanish G-Spot Tornado," and stokes whirlwin...