Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey / Race Riot Suite
| Album: | Race Riot Suite | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Royal Potato Family | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-10-09 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 4 | Nov 27 | Nov 13 | Oct 30 | Oct 16 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 05, 2022: | Rebop
Black Wall Street |
4. | Nov 22, 2011: | Rebop
Black Wall Street, Second Prayer |
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| 2. | Feb 26, 2016: | Rebop
Black Wall Street |
5. | Nov 12, 2011: | Music Casserole
Cover Up |
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| 3. | Dec 02, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Cover Up |
6. | Nov 11, 2011: | Faux
Black Wall Street |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-10-08
Reviewed 2011-10-08
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY: The Race Riot Suite
Royal Potato Family, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – JFJO has never been a “safe” band, always looking for new elements to add to their jazz-rock base, but they’ve really moved beyond expectations with this ambitious big-band suite inspired by the bloody Tulsa Race Riots of 1921. They achieve scale with a five-man horn section that includes stars Peter Apfelbaum and Steven Bernstein, and guitarist Chris Combs’ compositions are like an intense blend of Ellington, Mingus, and Dixieland, spiked with free-jazz and country while haunted by angry poltergeists. Impressive!
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9
1. 2:44 – big surging intro, falls to troubled, turbulent atmosphere
2. 7:12 – all mixed up, with bustling grooves & old-timey cakewalks, country flavor and an ominous edge
3. 5:07 – chaos and high drama, speedy passages and screeching sax breaks
5. 4:50 – a slow dance, sax & piano weave through strange, unsettled chords
6. 5:18 – bold sound, careens drunkenly back and forth with a heavy tread
8. 4:16 – brash, agitated stomp on the edge of violence; open improv in middle
9. 3:33 – twisted carnival, slides into a quick tunneling sound, tons of energy
11. 7:34 – optimistic melodies struggle to emerge from the anguished darkness
Tracks 4,7,10,12 are brief, improvised interludes. 12 cuts off abruptly.
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Royal Potato Family, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – JFJO has never been a “safe” band, always looking for new elements to add to their jazz-rock base, but they’ve really moved beyond expectations with this ambitious big-band suite inspired by the bloody Tulsa Race Riots of 1921. They achieve scale with a five-man horn section that includes stars Peter Apfelbaum and Steven Bernstein, and guitarist Chris Combs’ compositions are like an intense blend of Ellington, Mingus, and Dixieland, spiked with free-jazz and country while haunted by angry poltergeists. Impressive!
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9
1. 2:44 – big surging intro, falls to troubled, turbulent atmosphere
2. 7:12 – all mixed up, with bustling grooves & old-timey cakewalks, country flavor and an ominous edge
3. 5:07 – chaos and high drama, speedy passages and screeching sax breaks
5. 4:50 – a slow dance, sax & piano weave through strange, unsettled chords
6. 5:18 – bold sound, careens drunkenly back and forth with a heavy tread
8. 4:16 – brash, agitated stomp on the edge of violence; open improv in middle
9. 3:33 – twisted carnival, slides into a quick tunneling sound, tons of energy
11. 7:34 – optimistic melodies struggle to emerge from the anguished darkness
Tracks 4,7,10,12 are brief, improvised interludes. 12 cuts off abruptly.
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Track Listing
| 1. | Prelude | 7. | Second Prayer | |||
| 2. | Black Wall Street | 8. | Grandfather's Gun | |||
| 3. | The Burning | 9. | Cover Up | |||
| 4. | First Prayer | 10. | Third Prayer | |||
| 5. | Mt. Zion | 11. | Eye Of The Dove | |||
| 6. | Lost In The Battle For Greenwood | 12. | Last Prayer |