Jooklo Duo

A rising tide of young punk rockers has been picking up saxophones over the past decade to apply their DIY ethos and love of freedom to the seemingly related field of free jazz.
Coming at free jazz from psych rock, Jooklo Duo hones in on the mystical sound of Coltrane and Ayler, and plays its own enthusiastic, lo-fi version. On Rising Above, the drums consistently clatter and roll while the tenor blows fast runs based on a descending and rising motive — aping Coltrane’s feel while lacking even the beginning of his mastery of harmony, and not caring one bit. Jooklo Duo is at its best when the players cut loose with punk-rock freedom and psychedelic intensity. As in the psych music with which the duo is associated, technique is completely secondary to feeling.