Childs, Billy / Rebirth
| Album: | Rebirth | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Childs, Billy | Added: | Mar 2017 | |
| Label: | Mack Avenue | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-03-28 | Pull Date: | 2017-05-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 28 | May 21 | May 14 | May 7 | Apr 23 | Apr 9 | Apr 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 15, 2021: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Apr 5, 2017)
Backwards Bop |
4. | May 19, 2017: | Rebop
Rebirth, Backwards Bop |
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| 2. | Jun 02, 2017: | Rebop
Backwards Bop |
5. | May 18, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Tightrope |
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| 3. | May 26, 2017: | Rebop
Tightrope |
6. | May 13, 2017: | Old Fart at Play
Backwards Bop |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-03-26
Reviewed 2017-03-26
Childs, Billy / Rebirth
Label: Mack Avenue
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-03-26
Childs, Billy
Rebirth
Genre: Jazz
Childs explores several variations of jazz, an articulate pianist with a powerhouse quartet, augmented on the title track with select guests and vocalists on two tracks. He is both punctilious and unpredictably powerful. Six originals
If You Like: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Chris Potter
Favorite tracks: (1) Backwards Bop (2) Rebirth (5) Tightrope (7) The Windmills of Your Mind (8) Peace
Track Review: 1/ (6:38) piano starts> uptempo & swinging> everybody solos> crescendo end 2/ (7:38) piano starts joined by female vocal like Flora Purim: joyful Latin scat in a midtempo jam> lightning fast piano solo> quick stop on vocal 3/ (5:59) piano starts> slow tempo jam with female vocal> slow fade on vocal 4/ (6:49) drums start> fast tempo romp> swings into free jazz jam> crescendo end 5/ (6:37) piano starts> slow tempo> gorgeous melody with interplay between piano and bass> quick stop 6/ (8:10) piano starts slow> uptempo joyful noise > crescendo end + one note 7/ (7:10) sax starts> slow tempo> beautiful piano solo builds to midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ (7:29) piano starts> slow tempo jam> gorgeous sax solo> slow fade
Label: Mack Avenue
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-03-26
Childs, Billy
Rebirth
Genre: Jazz
Childs explores several variations of jazz, an articulate pianist with a powerhouse quartet, augmented on the title track with select guests and vocalists on two tracks. He is both punctilious and unpredictably powerful. Six originals
If You Like: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Chris Potter
Favorite tracks: (1) Backwards Bop (2) Rebirth (5) Tightrope (7) The Windmills of Your Mind (8) Peace
Track Review: 1/ (6:38) piano starts> uptempo & swinging> everybody solos> crescendo end 2/ (7:38) piano starts joined by female vocal like Flora Purim: joyful Latin scat in a midtempo jam> lightning fast piano solo> quick stop on vocal 3/ (5:59) piano starts> slow tempo jam with female vocal> slow fade on vocal 4/ (6:49) drums start> fast tempo romp> swings into free jazz jam> crescendo end 5/ (6:37) piano starts> slow tempo> gorgeous melody with interplay between piano and bass> quick stop 6/ (8:10) piano starts slow> uptempo joyful noise > crescendo end + one note 7/ (7:10) sax starts> slow tempo> beautiful piano solo builds to midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ (7:29) piano starts> slow tempo jam> gorgeous sax solo> slow fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Backwards Bop | 5. | Tightrope | |||
| 2. | Rebirth | 6. | The Starry Night | |||
| 3. | Stay | 7. | The Windmills Of Your Mind | |||
| 4. | Dance Of Shiva | 8. | Peace |