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Puttanesca
Blues / Experimental / Funk



LOS ANGELES, California
United States

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Member Since2/17/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.catasonic.com/Puttanesca
Band MembersJoe Baiza-Guitar,Weba Garretson-Vocals, Ralph Gorodetsky-Bass, Wayne Griffin-Drums
InfluencesCharley Parker, Art Blakey, Eric Dolphy, 60's Bossa Nova Walter Wanderlay, Elis Regina, Patty Waters, Ornette Coleman, Sarah Vaughn, Captain Beefheart, Led Zepplin, Patti Smith
Sounds Like"Like a meeting between Dot Allison and the Gang of Four in a particularly troublesome part of town, the record is a bed of perfectly contemporary needles. It never lets me rest." -- Lamont, Outsideleft.com "...sexalicious Beefheartian cabaret from the Joe Baiza-Weba Garretson combo PUTTANESCA.... Just a riot!…Guitar Joe jabs his thistly intrusions against the silken draperies of singer Weba Garretson in a swingy, bluesy Puttanesca (great new CD!), abetted by bassist Ralph Gorodetsky and drummer Wayne Griffin and it's a sophisticrude delight. Eastside meets West, and everybody wins." -- Greg Burk, LA Weekly
Record LabelCatasonic


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The name comes from an Italian kind of pasta. The lineup is made of Weba Garretson (vocals), Joe Baiza (guitar), Wayne Griffin (drums) and Ralph Gorodetsky (bass). The most repeated word in the press release - namely in other reviews, and by the singer herself - is "angular", especially referred to Baiza's style. Yet Puttanesca are definitely more a rock group than Doctor Nerve, if you get my point, and there is a clear blues'n'jazz root in what they do, which surely has nothing to do with your typical "easy going" showcase of kerranging riffs and screaming vocals for headbanging pleasures. At times, Garretson could even remind someone of a more vocally corpulent version of Annette Peacock; indeed, in "Shiny Red Box" I myself was thinking about Peacock's contribution to Bill Bruford's "Feels Good to Me". There is something genuinely appealing in this band, though; the recording sounds like captured in a garage, but some of the elements are refined and telling in a sensual kind of way. The rhythm section is tightly seamed, without concessions to any lustre, and some of the arrangements wear like deliciously battleworn clothes on the ears; there's even a Captain Beefheart cover ("Lick my decals off, baby") that closes the show, and a (probably involuntary) tip of the hat to Jethro Tull in "Red Haired Woman". All in all, "Puttanesca" is a nice melange of honesty and passion. But where all these people hear that "punk" attitude, I still can't put my finger on. Massimo Ricci “Touching Extremes” 7/07, http://spazioinwind.libero.it/extremes/touchinghome.htm

Puttanesca may not boast the same kamikaze thrills as The Master's Voice (Baiza's project The Unkown Instructors) but what it lacks in off-the-cuff excitement it more than makes up for in tunefulness, with cool melodies that drift up and out of the speakers like cigarette smoke in a noir nightclub. As a frontwoman, Weba Garretson is a powerhouse, her intoxicatingly smooth vocals lending a touch of class to Baiza's angular fretwork. Her apparently structuring influence as a songwriter, too, suits the guitarist well; if his more tedious improvisations with the Instructors occasionally serve as reminders of just why the electric guitar is a less expressive instrument for free jazz than, say, the tenor saxophone, here he's at the top of his game, laying down grooves with an easy funkiness on "Shiny Red Box" and channeling his best Antennae Jimmy Semens on "Fruit Filled Pancake."

But Puttanesca works best as a collaborative effort, and the best songs on this record are the ones where the whole is greater than the sum of its musical parts. Like "White Nylon," where Godoretsky plucks out an almost subliminally funky bassline under Garretson's and Baiza's mutual racket. Or "Red Haired Woman," the album's majestic chill-out number, in which the band wisely resists the urge to go all out and lets Garretson's voice stretch languorously over a bed of mellow guitar chords, brushed percussion, and even a closing flute solo to boot. Best of all, though (and not just because it allows me to make my third Beefheart reference in this single article), is the closing cover of "Lick My Decals Off, Baby," which faithfully co-opts the Magic Band's galloping arrangement while Garretson injects the lyrics with a sexuality Don Van Vliet could never muster. http://mainline.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/jazzpunk/

The opening track, "Shift," starts with 90 seconds of nothing but a smooth groove between the inviting vocals and the drums. But don't be fooled. this is not "smooth jazz." When "Shift" kicks into gear, the effect is stunning, and leads us into an extraordinary record that is the first contender I've heard so far for Best Albums of 2007. http://doyouwantnewwaveordoyouwantthetruth.blogspot.com/2007/03/puttanesca-band-album.htm

Garretson is an intriguing yet charismatic singer and performer, superbly complemented by the dizzying accompaniment of guitarist Joe Baiza (founder of the seminal SST band Saccharine Trust and the infamous punk/jazz quartet Universal Congress Of), drummer Wayne Griffin of Congress Of and bass player Ralph Gorodetsky, a veteran of both UCO and the Sinfonietta... At the best of times, like a meeting of the minds of Marlene Dietrich and Ornette Coleman, Puttanesca is sometimes demanding, sometimes thrilling, and always intriguing. http://www.avrev.com/music/revs/0407/weba_garretson.shtml

Puttanesca's self-titled debut is not for the faint of heart, though for about 60 seconds, one isn't likely to notice the dangerous edge that lurks within the band's music. As bass player Ralph Gorodetsky and drummer Wayne Griffin lock onto a skipping, beatnik groove, front gal Weba Garretson seductively delivers Shift's sexually charged lyrics with a conversational coo. In hindsight, the darkness is present right from the start, hiding within the tension that resonates through every rhythmic pattern. It doesn't become apparent, however, until the sharp, stabbing shards of Joe Baiza's electric guitar poke through the calm with such lightning speed and deadly force that they shove the ambience of the endeavor into an entirely different orbit. http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/puttanesca-self-titled.html

Uncompromising and courageously stripped down; angular, trippy and raw. The beat of the drum, the bass and guitar is sheer and insistently clear. The vocals arc, arch and bend your will. Like a meeting between Dot Allison and the Gang of Four in a particularly troublesome part of town, the record is a bed of perfectly contemporary needles. It never lets me rest. http://www.outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=702


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Lepers Produtcions present: Luke Lukas - llll

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Mar 23 2009 2:44 PM






lprs037 - Frogwomen & alexander de large - 66.
6


Frogwomen’s last album is just water under the bridge
and only the disrespectful de large could encourage him to create a new one… it is a one-song record which symbolically
lasts 66.
6
minutes.
Satan worshipping and overused topic in pop music is just the straw that allowed the struggle between the two artists to
begin: a patchwork of microsongs in which each one of them tries to annihilate the other’s style, a record that ranges
between love ditties, doom-noise cants, and irreverent & wild tarantellas (ehm.... maybe i’m overstating now). .






FREE DOWNLOADABLE

at



WWW.LEPERS.IT


-adl
Lina

Lina



Dec 30 2008 5:42 PM

You know, every time I hear the name Puttanesca now I start craving fruit-filled pancakes. It's a Pavlov's Dog kinda thing, I guess.
Rachel

Rachel H



Dec 24 2008 5:28 PM

Thanks for accepting the friend request, I loved your cover of Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band's Lick My Decals off, Baby.
Frank

Frank



Oct 12 2008 11:28 PM

hi, sorry for my bad english. i'm very lucky that i can be your myspace friend. i know joe baiza from universal congress of and i have seen him live together with mike watt in berlin (germany).
and now i'm really happy to find new music from Puttanesca.
I wish you all the best and good luck. Thank you for your music.
;-)
Alwaro Negro

Alwaro Negro



Sep 24 2008 10:10 AM

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Jul 30 2008 12:25 AM

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todd

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May 14 2008 8:25 PM

Thanks for the add! Discovered you all trying to dig up 'Universal Congress Of' material...looking forward to getting your recording!
Good health and happiness to all of you!
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Feb 2 2008 7:43 AM

Happy New Year. Already into another month too. I can't make up my mind about supporting Obama or supporting Clinton. In the end, I hope we get a Clinton/Obama ticket.
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Jan 20 2008 1:55 AM

Play again soon, please!
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Dec 8 2007 7:19 AM

thank you for being a friend! happy holidays!
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Oct 9 2007 4:46 AM

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Oct 8 2007 9:17 PM

Weba;
Everybody is doing the love sending thing here in MySpace land. I'm taking this opportunity to send mine my big time love to you. One of these days I'll get to see you perform.
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Oct 6 2007 12:33 PM



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The Keith Walsh Experience

The Keith Walsh Experience



Oct 1 2007 1:13 AM

Great grooves and serenades seducing the ether at The Buccaneer last nite!
Petulia Mattioli

Petulia Mattioli



Sep 11 2007 10:06 PM

really fico! ... cool in italian!!
i love puttanesca and i really like what you are doing!!! beautiful voice..
ciao!!
petulia
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