He also notes why Dylan should be considered a great improviser given how the nature of his songs' arrangements change night to night in live settings. Saft goes to great pains in his liner notes to explain why he didn't take great liberties with the material since he already considered it radical. The difference is that unlike those recordings, where various artists contributed their own interpretations of songs by the aforementioned composers, on Trouble it's only Saft with his trio, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Ben Perowsky, with vocal contributions from Mike Patton and Antony (speaking of someone who seems to be everywhere these days) on two tracks. He recently turned up on a slew of Tzadik recordings by other artists, and collaborated with Merzbow on a dub record! That said, Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan is special Saft has always held the work of Bob Dylan in high esteem, and here makes his case as for why the music of Bob Dylan - like the music of Serge Gainsbourg and Marc Bolan - belongs in Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture series.
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