Marcus, Todd Jazz Orchestra / In Pursuit Of The 9th Man
Album: In Pursuit Of The 9th Man   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Marcus, Todd Jazz Orchestra   Added:Nov 2006
Label:Hipnotic Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-02-11 Pull Date: 2007-04-15 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 8 Mar 18 Mar 4 Feb 18
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 04, 2016: Rebop
In Pursuit Of The 9th Man
4. Mar 02, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
In Pursuit Of The 9th Man
2. Apr 06, 2007: Memory Select
Pompeii
5. Feb 16, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
In Pursuit Of The 9th Man
3. Mar 16, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
Mr. Sunshine And His Eight Bandits

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2007-01-28
Straight contemporary jazz for large-ish band, with a robust, clean sound. No particular surprises in this mainstream set, and some of it gets over-emotive (i.e. cheesy). But there are some nice touches in the soloing segments. The solos generally impressed me more than the compositions.

1- Slow, somber intro to 2
2- Mid/fast, brisk uptempo horns. Robust, clean sound.
3- Soft, quieter sound
4- Faux-Asian theme, retro sounding. Mid/fast, serious, placid. Finally gets swinging for the solos.
5- Fairly fast, soaring feel, after a slow quiet intro.
6- Mellow midtempo, romantic. Starts slow.
7- Slow
8- Gentle, spare intro to 9.
9- Gentle, lush, cheesy.
10- Slowish snaking theme, into big slow horns.
11- Slow, slow intro, into fairly fast space. Big, buzzy sax solo
12- Slow, w/free-floating sax atop fast chiming piano.

Track Listing
1. Intro   7. Lament
2. In Pursuit Of The 9th Man   8. Prelude
3. Ma'aelsalama   9. A Gentler Sort Of Thing
4. Harper's Choice   10. Mr. Sunshine And His Eight Bandits
5. Plummeting   11. Pompeii
6. If I Should Lose You   12. Psalm