Preminger, Noah / Before The Rain
Album: Before The Rain   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Preminger, Noah   Added:Jan 2011
Label:Palmetto Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-01-23 Pull Date: 2011-03-27 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 20 Mar 13 Mar 6 Feb 27 Feb 20 Feb 13 Feb 6 Jan 30
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Recent Airplay
1. Jul 09, 2011: Rebop
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
4. Mar 08, 2011: Rebop
Before The Rain
2. Mar 15, 2011: Rebop
November
5. Mar 01, 2011: Rebop
Quickening
3. Mar 11, 2011: No Cover, No Minimum
November
6. Feb 27, 2011: The Donner Party
Quickening

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-01-23
NOAH PREMINGER: Before the Rain
Palmetto, 2011

MODERN JAZZ – Nobody expects an all-ballad CD from a 24-year-old saxophonist, but these are no ordinary ballads. Yes, Preminger is a very lyrical player, and there are plenty of slow tempos. But there’s also some really daring and adventurous music, pitting Preminger’s beautifully emotional sound against an avant-garde stance led by Matt Wilson’s pressure-cooker drums. This is rock-solid, very modern stuff.

Noah Preminger : tenor saxophone
Frank Kimbrough : piano
John Hébert : bass
Matt Wilson : drums

Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

1. 2:18 – very pretty standard, suffused with melancholy
2. 6:59 – sprawling, scattered rhythms: flirts with avant-garde, strong solos
3. 8:26 – calm contemplation: gently stoic, sax floats up high … gorgeous
4. 6:43 – freeform drums vs. slow melody; cerebral solos vs. rhythmic drive
5. 6:04 – standard ballad, played straight… a lovely after-hours feel
6. 2:33 – forceful, urgent drums grate against slow, moody melody
7. 5:00 – Ornette Coleman tune, shows off the band’s oddball blend very well
8. 8:27 – lyrical & melancholy: delicate interplay, soaring solos, sturdy drums
9. 3:51 – very slow, aching melody; moves in a graceful arc

[ Fo ] 01/23/11

Track Listing
1. Where Or When   5. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
2. Quickening   6. K
3. Before The Rain   7. Toy Dance
4. Abreaction   8. November
  9. Jamie