Tabackin, Lew / Soundscapes
| Album: | Soundscapes | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Tabackin, Lew | Added: | May 2016 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-06-06 | Pull Date: | 2016-08-08 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 14 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 07, 2016: | K-Area
Afternoon In Paris |
4. | Jul 19, 2016: | Hysteresis History
B Flat, Where It's At |
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| 2. | Jul 25, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio DNC Broadcast
Afternoon In Paris |
5. | Jul 17, 2016: | 1093070
B Flat, Where It's At |
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| 3. | Jul 23, 2016: | Old Fart at Play
Afternoon In Paris |
6. | Jul 16, 2016: | Music Casserole
Afternoon In Paris |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2016-05-31
Reviewed 2016-05-31
JAZZ: SMALL COMBO
Lew Tabackin (flute & tenor sax) is known primarily for decades of work with his wife, pianist/composer/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, in the Akiyoshi-Tabackin Big Band and in the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. Here he is playing his own compositions plus some standards, backed by just bass and drums.
No FCC issues.
1 * Mid-fast. Good, toe-tapping reading of John Lewis’s (later of the Mod Jazz Qrt) late bop (1950s) classic. Led mainly by tenor sax; the bass & drums both take solos. (9:50)
2 Slow. Flute. Sounds improv’d. The intent seems to be impressionistic, pastoral. (7:20)
3 ** Mid-fast. Catchy back-and-forth between tenor & bass. Fun, swingin’ number. (8:21)
4 Slow. Old-fashioned sounding love song. Relaxed tenor, easy bass & drum ‘comp. (5:53)
5 * Mid-slow. 1930s show tune and oft-recorded standard impressively done here on flute. Bass and drum solos midway thru. Gathers pace. Pleasant. Worth a listen. (7:34)
6 * Slow. Warbling tenor sax plays a blusy Strayhorn tune over quiet walking bass. (8:17)
7 Slow. Flute mimics bird calls in a tune Ellington & Strayhorn wrote for QE II. (8:20)
8 * Very fast. Pop song (1930) done here in a showy bebop manner on tenor sax. (5:04)
Lew Tabackin (flute & tenor sax) is known primarily for decades of work with his wife, pianist/composer/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, in the Akiyoshi-Tabackin Big Band and in the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. Here he is playing his own compositions plus some standards, backed by just bass and drums.
No FCC issues.
1 * Mid-fast. Good, toe-tapping reading of John Lewis’s (later of the Mod Jazz Qrt) late bop (1950s) classic. Led mainly by tenor sax; the bass & drums both take solos. (9:50)
2 Slow. Flute. Sounds improv’d. The intent seems to be impressionistic, pastoral. (7:20)
3 ** Mid-fast. Catchy back-and-forth between tenor & bass. Fun, swingin’ number. (8:21)
4 Slow. Old-fashioned sounding love song. Relaxed tenor, easy bass & drum ‘comp. (5:53)
5 * Mid-slow. 1930s show tune and oft-recorded standard impressively done here on flute. Bass and drum solos midway thru. Gathers pace. Pleasant. Worth a listen. (7:34)
6 * Slow. Warbling tenor sax plays a blusy Strayhorn tune over quiet walking bass. (8:17)
7 Slow. Flute mimics bird calls in a tune Ellington & Strayhorn wrote for QE II. (8:20)
8 * Very fast. Pop song (1930) done here in a showy bebop manner on tenor sax. (5:04)
Track Listing
| 1. | Afternoon In Paris | 5. | Yesterdays | |||
| 2. | Garden At Life Time | 6. | Day Dream | |||
| 3. | B Flat, Where It's At | 7. | Sunset And The Mockinbird | |||
| 4. | Minoru | 8. | Three Little Words |