Filactera

There is a woozy, fractured bumptiousness to the tracks on guitarist Mario Delgado's album Filactera. Delgado, whose electric style falls somewhere between John Scofield and Marc Ribot, leads his group through various funky, soul-jazz-styled romps akin to the quirky works of Galactic and Medeski, Martin & Wood. Delgado has a knack for combining Bill Frisell-type aural swells with Mississippi country blues, all of which makes Filactera an extremely well-balanced album. Trombonist Claus Nymark is featured heavily throughout, bringing a kind of New Orleans avant-church style to the tunes. Also exciting is tenor saxophonist Andrej Olejniczak's extended blow over the driving post-bop of "Armadilha Diabolica."