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Jungle Blue

by Spaghetti Eastern Music

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“Jungle Blue” is an atmospheric electric blues instrumental driven by percussive cross-rhythms, dreamy washes of electronics and echoed pianos, a duo of sustained Ebow guitars and the guitarist’s always melodic, blues-inflected guitar runs. Cataldi calls it a cinematic marriage of new beats and electronic sounds with melodies and improvisation that harkens to the British blues boom of the ‘60s. Music video link: youtu.be/7gksZoWqHEE

The tune was recorded by Cataldi at his studios in Woodstock, N.Y. and a floating one aboard his houseboat, The Garlic Knot, in Port Washington, N.Y.

The New York Times writes “Cataldi’s original instrumentals and acoustic vocal tunes have a beat unmistakably his own” while Time Out New York adds "the largely instrumental, Eastern-influenced jams are infused with some delicate guitar work and hauntingly moody atmosphere." Cataldi and his Spaghetti Eastern has been called “truly excellent” by The Village Voice, “a wild ride” by Radio Woodstock, “beautiful and unique” by WFUV’s Mixed Bag, “charmingly melodic and off-center” by WFMU and “a jazz virtuoso without the need to prove it” by Aquarian Weekly.

Almanac Weekly calls Cataldi “a unique voice who can conjure a surprising blend of exploratory fusion, electronica and indie song craft” while NYSMusic adds: “If Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain had a secret chill detour, Spaghetti Eastern Music would be the soundtrack.” KMS Reviews calls Spaghetti Eastern Music “pure harmonic bliss” while New York-based MusiciansforMusicians.Org labels it “as beautiful as a well-tended garden and as seductive as a courtesan in an opium den.” Hudson Valley One calls Cataldi’s oeuvre “Part Sergio Leone fever dream, part Ravi Shankar raga, a whirling dervish of musical creation.” Huffington Post applauds the “soaring, searing instrumentals” and “beautiful, quirky songs that have a darkness-in-light straight out of the Nick Drake bag. Simply put, it’s the perfect soundtrack for New York City life.” Rolling Stone writer John Swenson, the man who penned the liner notes to Frank Zappa’s “Shut Up n Play Yer Guitar,” may have put it best: “He’s the hippie guitarist playing to another dimension.”

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released November 3, 2023
Sal Cataldi - guitars, bass, percussion, keys, production
Composer Sal Cataldi Gravi-N-Bizqits Music/ASCAP @2023

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Spaghetti Eastern Music Saugerties, New York

A beat unmistakably his own-New York Times
Charmingly melodic and off-center -WFMU
Beautiful and unique- WFUV

Spaghetti Eastern Music is the solo project of NYC/Hudson Valley multi-instrumentalist Sal Cataldi.

It's where acid jazz- and world beat fired electric guitar instrumentals co-exist with ambient sound collages and heartfelt acoustic vocal ballads straight out of the Nick Drake playbook. ... more

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