Blanchard, Terence / Flow, the
| Album: | Flow, the | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Blanchard, Terence | Added: | Jul 2005 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-07-10 | Pull Date: | 2005-09-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 11 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 30, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Harvesting Dance |
4. | Sep 09, 2005: | beat.net chapter 15.0: more time than last time
Harvesting Dance |
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| 2. | Mar 09, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
Benny's Tune, Wadagbe, Wadagbe (Intro), Flow, Part 1 |
5. | Aug 23, 2005: | Storytime! -- I
Flow, Part 1 |
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| 3. | Sep 09, 2005: | Memory Select
Harvesting Dance |
6. | Aug 19, 2005: | beat.net chapter 11.0: don't touch that phone
Flow, Part 1 |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-07-24
Reviewed 2005-07-24
Excellent mainstream session with a cool, restrained edge. Lots of synthesizers for matte-like backgrounds (1,2). ACOUSTIC guitar plus liquidy ELECTRIC bass on many tracks, creating some really different touches to the album. This band wouldn't be kicked out of a staid jazz club, but Blanchard manages to produce something different, a low-key adventuresome sound.
It's arguably overproduced (see the scathing review in the magazine "Signal To Noise") but I like it.
Herbie Hancock guests on 4 and 7.
For similar sonic/acoustic jumbling in a less mainstream context, check out Henry Threadgill's "Up Popped the Two Lips."
1- Cool and sneaky, mid/fast with an outside air
2- Floaty atmosphere, distinct African tones. Liquidy electric bass.
3- African chant, midtempo. Ends up in a contempo acoustic-guitar solo.
4- Mid/slow mellowness
5- Mid/fast, bubbling, mildly Latin
6- Interlude with cool backwards acoustic guitar!
7- What I like to call "cold fire:" deceptively mellow feel that leads into intense, stormy soloing.
8- Slow, warm, welcoming
9- Cool mid/fast number
10- Brisk and upbeat interlude
11- Dynamic mid/fast piece with sprawling, psych-y electric guitar. Big ending.
It's arguably overproduced (see the scathing review in the magazine "Signal To Noise") but I like it.
Herbie Hancock guests on 4 and 7.
For similar sonic/acoustic jumbling in a less mainstream context, check out Henry Threadgill's "Up Popped the Two Lips."
1- Cool and sneaky, mid/fast with an outside air
2- Floaty atmosphere, distinct African tones. Liquidy electric bass.
3- African chant, midtempo. Ends up in a contempo acoustic-guitar solo.
4- Mid/slow mellowness
5- Mid/fast, bubbling, mildly Latin
6- Interlude with cool backwards acoustic guitar!
7- What I like to call "cold fire:" deceptively mellow feel that leads into intense, stormy soloing.
8- Slow, warm, welcoming
9- Cool mid/fast number
10- Brisk and upbeat interlude
11- Dynamic mid/fast piece with sprawling, psych-y electric guitar. Big ending.
Track Listing
| 1. | Flow, Part 1 | 6. | Flow, Part 2 | |||
| 2. | Wadagbe (Intro) | 7. | The Source | |||
| 3. | Wadagbe | 8. | Over there | |||
| 4. | Benny's Tune | 9. | Child's Play | |||
| 5. | Wandering Wonder | 10. | Flow, Part 3 | |||
| 11. | Harvesting Dance | |||||