Colligan, George / Endless Mysteries, The
Album: Endless Mysteries, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Colligan, George   Added:Jan 2014
Label:Origin Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-01-17 Pull Date: 2014-03-21 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 16 Mar 9 Mar 2 Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9 Feb 2 Jan 26
Airplays: 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 10, 2014: Rebop
Song For The Tarahumera
4. Mar 06, 2014: Rebop
Song For The Tarahumera, Waiting For Solitude
2. Mar 14, 2014: No Cover, No Minimum
The Endless Mysteries
5. Feb 28, 2014: No Cover, No Minimum
Song For The Tarahumera
3. Mar 13, 2014: Rebop
Waiting For Solitude
6. Feb 27, 2014: Rebop
Song For The Tarahumera, Waiting For Solitude

Album Review
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs
Reviewed 2014-01-06
This jazz trio album is Colligan’s 24th (!) as a leader, and it features jazz giants Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Larry Grenadier (bass). The tracks are all originals written by Colligan and, for the most part, they are modern (with surprising chord changes, etc.) but not really crazy or “out.” The sound reminds me of the Brad Mehldau trio—these guys are all masters of their instruments playing original tunes with a light touch. The sound is almost a bit too clean/sterile for me, but if you like the starred tracks, you might like the rest too.

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1 (7:48) — Mellow track with nice long intro
2 (6:50) — Up-tempo swingin’ track with punchy rhythmic piano solo and short-and-sweet bass solo
3 (8:25) — Light bossa-inspired groove
4 (9:08) — Starts with bass intro with an accordian-sounding solo (on an electric keyboard)
5 (7:32) — Mid-tempo piece with somewhat dischordant melody. Drums featured at the end
6 * (3:14) — Slightly haunting piano ballad
7 (3:34) — Bashing dissonant chords moves into free/play jazz
8 * (7:57) — Sweet ballad with back-and-forth interaction between bass and piano during the solos
9 * (6:28) — Soft sweet mid-tempo tune featuring nice bass solo crescendos to big dramatic ending
10 (8:38) — Soft soulful groove

Reviewed by Henry C-G

Track Listing
1. Waiting For Solitude   6. Thoughts Of Ana
2. Song For The Tarahumera   7. Outrage
3. Her Majesty   8. The Endless Mysteries
4. Liam's Lament   9. When The Moon Is The Sky
5. It's Hard Work!   10. If The Mountain Was Smooth, You Couldn't Climb It