Pittman, John / Kinship
| Album: | Kinship | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Pittman, John | Added: | Aug 2018 | |
| Label: | Slammin Media | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-08-19 | Pull Date: | 2018-10-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 21 | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 22, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Where Is The Love? |
4. | Oct 12, 2018: | Old Fart at Play
As |
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| 2. | Oct 20, 2018: | Audio Ambrosia
Homio-Stasis |
5. | Oct 04, 2018: | No Cover, No Minimum
Reminiscing |
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| 3. | Oct 13, 2018: | Hanging in the bone yard
Ties That Bind |
6. | Sep 27, 2018: | No Cover, No Minimum
Homio-Stasis |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-08-06
Reviewed 2018-08-06
Reviewed: 2018-08-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pitman has a big sound, high energy and melodicism. His playing has as having a wide dynamic and emotional range consisting of ideas that are very unique even when performing within more traditional contexts. The band swings hard, they’re inventive & tight.
If You Like: Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Ties That Bind (4:27) – trumpet starts> uptempo jam swings to fast tempo> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
2/ For Siobhan (5:40) – bass starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> fade
*3/ Homio-stasis (5:01) – brushwork on drums starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> short solos from trumpet, sax, piano, bass> midtempo jam> trumpet solo swings uptempo> bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
4/ Moray Crossing (4:34) – short all band blast> pause> midtempo jam> interesting shifting tempos & melodies> piano solo> trumpet solo> sax solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Where Is My Love? (6:10) – full band almost free jazz opening> pause> melody shift to New Orleans vibe midtempo strut> sax solo plays low & slow, then wild & slow> swinging uptempo piano solo> fast jam> extended crescendo> pause> midtempo jam> quick stop
*6/ Reminiscing (7:33) – piano starts hesitantly> pause> slow jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> slow jam> sax/piano duet> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**7/ As (8:10) – piano starts> uptempo jam> fast tempo piano solo> trumpet solo> baritone sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo> big blast from trumpet> uoptempo jam slows to slow fade
8/ Home (3:08) -piano starts> slow jam with muted trumpet> slow fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pitman has a big sound, high energy and melodicism. His playing has as having a wide dynamic and emotional range consisting of ideas that are very unique even when performing within more traditional contexts. The band swings hard, they’re inventive & tight.
If You Like: Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Ties That Bind (4:27) – trumpet starts> uptempo jam swings to fast tempo> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
2/ For Siobhan (5:40) – bass starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> fade
*3/ Homio-stasis (5:01) – brushwork on drums starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> short solos from trumpet, sax, piano, bass> midtempo jam> trumpet solo swings uptempo> bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
4/ Moray Crossing (4:34) – short all band blast> pause> midtempo jam> interesting shifting tempos & melodies> piano solo> trumpet solo> sax solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Where Is My Love? (6:10) – full band almost free jazz opening> pause> melody shift to New Orleans vibe midtempo strut> sax solo plays low & slow, then wild & slow> swinging uptempo piano solo> fast jam> extended crescendo> pause> midtempo jam> quick stop
*6/ Reminiscing (7:33) – piano starts hesitantly> pause> slow jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> slow jam> sax/piano duet> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**7/ As (8:10) – piano starts> uptempo jam> fast tempo piano solo> trumpet solo> baritone sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo> big blast from trumpet> uoptempo jam slows to slow fade
8/ Home (3:08) -piano starts> slow jam with muted trumpet> slow fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Ties That Bind | 5. | Where Is The Love? | |||
| 2. | Sor Siobahn | 6. | Reminiscing | |||
| 3. | Homio-Stasis | 7. | As | |||
| 4. | Moray Crossing | 8. | Home |