Cole, Bill / Untempered Ensemble / Proverbs For Sam
Album: Proverbs For Sam   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Cole, Bill / Untempered Ensemble   Added:Sep 2008
Label:Boxholder Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-11-02 Pull Date: 2009-01-04 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jan 4 Dec 28 Dec 21 Dec 7 Nov 30 Nov 9
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 02, 2009: Memory Select
The Drum Sounding A Message In War Is Beaten In A Cryptic Manner...
4. Dec 19, 2008: Memory Select (early edition)
The Drum Sounding A Message In War Is Beaten In A Cryptic Manner...
2. Dec 31, 2008: Memory Select, Weds. edition
Don't Wait For The Day Of Battle Before Getting Your Weapons Ready
5. Dec 05, 2008: Memory Select
No One Knows The Paths In A Garden Better Than The Gardener...
3. Dec 25, 2008: Music Casserole
If A Blacksmith Continues To Strike An Iron At One Point, He Must Have A Reason
6. Dec 03, 2008: Orangeasm
Don't Wait For The Day Of Battle Before Getting Your Weapons Ready

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-10-24
Seven-piece band doing loose, grooving jams. It's free jazz, but accessible and even danceable. Long tracks that you could easily fade into and out of, for airplay.

The louder tracks are more obvious, but don't overlook the subtle, tuneful slyness of track 2.

The long song titles are proverbs from a people of Nigeria.

1- (14:35) Happy and goofy/drunken march. Some nice crazy soloing by Cole on some kind of exotic reed. A really nice jam.
2- (12:24) Quiet, deep improv, with some soulfully jazzy tones from trombone (or similar horn). Accessible and swaying.
3- (23:33) Exotic, bouncing mid/fast groove. Builds into a happy jam, strong pulse.
4- (24:54) Swirling exotic flutes, a calm '60s feel. Bass solo, then a freer, blooming jam with tuba and sax prominent. Gets blazing and out there.

Track Listing
1. Don't Wait For The Day Of Battle Before Getting Your Weapons Ready   3. The Drum Sounding A Message In War Is Beaten In A Cryptic Manner...
2. If A Blacksmith Continues To Strike An Iron At One Point, He Must Have A Reason   4. No One Knows The Paths In A Garden Better Than The Gardener...