Mazurek, Rob / Pulsar Quartet / Stellar Pulsations
| Album: | Stellar Pulsations | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mazurek, Rob / Pulsar Quartet | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-11-18 | Pull Date: | 2013-01-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 11, 2021: | Music Casserole
Twister Uranus |
4. | Nov 28, 2015: | Music Casserole
Spiral Mercury |
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| 2. | Nov 27, 2021: | Music Casserole
Primitive Jupiter |
5. | Sep 25, 2015: | Rebop
Primitive Jupiter |
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| 3. | May 06, 2016: | Rebop
Primitive Jupiter |
6. | May 08, 2015: | Rebop
Primitive Jupiter |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-11-18
Reviewed 2012-11-18
ROB MAZUREK PULSAR QUARTET: Stellar Pulsations
Delmark, 2012
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Mazurek, an incredibly prolific cornetist who is practically a jazz scene unto himself, brings us a great set of small-group pieces with personnel drawn from his Exploding Star Orchestra. The compositions are free-falling but focused, with lots of variety from track to track. Mazurek’s playing recalls the masters of hard bop in one moment, then hits a jagged-edged trill in the next, while the band goes from explosive energy to brooding introspection. Really excellent.
All very good. Try any. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 7
1. 7:45 – pounding rhythm: melodic cornet, piano goes nuts over dark pulse
2. 4:41 – gentle ballad with a steely edge, muted cornet, 2nd half a dark sway
3. 8:37 – billowing: a tumbling tumult of drums, edgy horn, scattered piano
4. 6:30 – uptempo stomp & roll, melodic approach over a rock-hard groove
5. 5:07 – low and brooding, muted cornet over a nonstop, repeated bass riff
6. 8:12 – twisty over quick, bustling drums: piano/cornet dig in & spin out
7. 6:43 – relaxed balladry: a lovely drifting song, very melodic and dreamy
[ Fo ] - 18 November 2012
Delmark, 2012
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Mazurek, an incredibly prolific cornetist who is practically a jazz scene unto himself, brings us a great set of small-group pieces with personnel drawn from his Exploding Star Orchestra. The compositions are free-falling but focused, with lots of variety from track to track. Mazurek’s playing recalls the masters of hard bop in one moment, then hits a jagged-edged trill in the next, while the band goes from explosive energy to brooding introspection. Really excellent.
All very good. Try any. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 7
1. 7:45 – pounding rhythm: melodic cornet, piano goes nuts over dark pulse
2. 4:41 – gentle ballad with a steely edge, muted cornet, 2nd half a dark sway
3. 8:37 – billowing: a tumbling tumult of drums, edgy horn, scattered piano
4. 6:30 – uptempo stomp & roll, melodic approach over a rock-hard groove
5. 5:07 – low and brooding, muted cornet over a nonstop, repeated bass riff
6. 8:12 – twisty over quick, bustling drums: piano/cornet dig in & spin out
7. 6:43 – relaxed balladry: a lovely drifting song, very melodic and dreamy
[ Fo ] - 18 November 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | Primitive Jupiter | 4. | Spiral Mercury | |||
| 2. | Magic Saturn | 5. | Spanish Venus | |||
| 3. | Spiritual Mars | 6. | Twister Uranus | |||
| 7. | Folk Song Neptune | |||||