Hemmersam, Jon / Dom Minasi Quartet / Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet, The
Album: Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Hemmersam, Jon / Dom Minasi Quartet   Added:Aug 2007
Label:Cdm Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-10-21 Pull Date: 2007-12-23 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Dec 2 Nov 18 Nov 4 Oct 28
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 30, 2007: Memory Select
Birth
3. Nov 01, 2007: orangeasm
Sprint
2. Nov 16, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
Sprint
4. Oct 26, 2007: Memory Select
Sprint

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-10-13
JON HEMMERSAM/DOM MINASI QUARTET
CDM, 2007

INSIDE/OUT JAZZ GUITARS – This disc alternates between straight-ahead and avant-garde jazz, crazy up numbers and soft ballads. The up & out numbers are much stronger, although it’s kind of interesting to hear Minasi play things straight for a change. The twin guitar lines can be mind-boggling at full speed but are also really fluid, backed by beefy, tireless bass and happy-go-lucky but sensitive drumming.

Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 6 (3, 5, 7 for the ballads)

1. 6:22 – super-speedy: DM rolls, JH picks, freight-train drum solo
2. 9:53 – brisk, lumpy walk: gets knotty, spins out, 2nd half spirited free improv
3. 5:26 – a waltz-like ditty with moments of abstraction; strong bowed bass
4. 7:04 – brooding ballad with wandering feel, nylon-stringed guitar adds air
5. 5:54 – nice lilting ballad, mainstream with just a few out moments on guitar
6. 6:21 – complex 2-guitar intro, inscrutable overlapping layers, good interplay
7. 6:21 – thoughtful, elusive ballad with acoustic 12-string & Spanish guitar
8. 3:37 – skittery 4-way improv (actually the band’s sound check)
9. 7:57 – another ballad, very soft with a slight Brazilian tinge
10. 7:55 – straight up bossa nova, solos are pretty but meandering

[ Fo ] 13-Oct-07

Track Listing
1. Sprint   6. Birth
2. Conclusions   7. September
3. Inside Out   8. Sound Check
4. Women   9. Gentle
5. Nathalia's Waltz   10. Latino Mio