Doom Jazz (Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte) with Confusatron

Thirty years ago, Bobby Previte heard Jamie Saft play one solo and hired him on the spot for his band, Weather Clear, Track Fast. When playing together they quickly came to the realization that they had an uncanny ability to move together almost as one voice, and so their relationship evolved into one of true collaborators, spanning genres with projects like Saft’s acoustic jazz/blues trio with the legendary Steve Swallow and Previte’s Coalition of the Willing instrumental-rock band with the great Charlie Hunter. One day, tasked with scoring an imaginary science fiction film, they hit upon the idea of using all of their powers to create a slowly unfurling music rich in harmony and rife with rhythm and color. A music that was neither Previte nor Saft but something else. The result is Doom Jazz. Using pianos, basses, drums, percussion and all manner of electronic instruments, Doom Jazz presents a vast landscape of cascading sound diving deeply into the abyss in a true marriage of the intricate web of jazz and the simple, visceral heft of rock. A music that is not “doom” nor “jazz” but simply and utterly, “something else,” – doom jazz.

Doom Jazz II: Deception continues the epic story of the Doom Jazz saga, with Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte trading the slow, sensual lines of Doom Jazz I for a more active, muscular sound. Side One, “The New Friend” and “Everyone is Aware” uses a vintage Yamaha organ to create an atmosphere of mystery and space. Side Two, “Deception”  moves into different territory, Saft’s distorted Hammond Organ sailing over Previte’s active, commanding tom toms in a blues based jam of wild ferocity and intense foreboding. The plot thickens. 

“Doom Jazz transcends the sometimes self imposed limitations of both genres, making it a veritable joy to listen to.” – Reza Mills, The Sleeping Shaman

“Their 2012 album Doom Jazz fully deserves this re-release. Partly doomy, but also gently post-rock and offer their listeners a journey into their own imagination… For me it is a masterpiece. 9/10.” – Soundmagnet

“It is a tremendously creative work that expertly shifts and writhes between experimental and traditional, improvisation and composition and hits like nothing else does.  Best yet, there is plenty for fans of metal, jazz or both to enjoy here.” – Nine Circles