Meister, Blake / Septagon
| Album: | Septagon | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Meister, Blake | Added: | Mar 2013 | |
| Label: | Inner Circle Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-03-24 | Pull Date: | 2013-05-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 26 | May 19 | May 12 | May 5 | Apr 28 | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Apr 7 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 22, 2013: | Green Copper Radio
Blackout |
4. | May 12, 2013: | Swedish Morning Radio
Blackout |
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| 2. | May 17, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Market East |
5. | May 10, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
The Grind |
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| 3. | May 16, 2013: | Rebop
Sunset |
6. | May 09, 2013: | Rebop
Sunset |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-03-20
Reviewed 2013-03-20
BLAKE MEISTER: Septagon
Inner Circle, 2012
MODERN JAZZ – Debut release by a bassist out of the Baltimore/DC area, all original material. His quintet is made up of some heavy hitters, and he’s on Greg Osby’s label too, so that should tell you to expect a bit of adventure here. Meister’s tunes are friendly but come in from unusual angles, with guitar and sax (or flute) often working in tandem against gently twisted rhythm or through strangely shaped harmonies.
Blake Meister : bass
Gary Thomas : tenor sax, flute
Paul Bollenback : guitar
Marc Copland : piano
Ralph Peterson : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
1. 8:53 – rolling midtempo: dark jazz club feel, sax & guitar shadow each other
2. 8:37 – gentle intro; mysterious tick-tock tune, relaxed but full of odd angles
3. 5:51 – solo drums into hard modern swing: very twisty melody, tough bass
4. 8:26 – sweet, exotic ballad with busy bass intro, gently sloping solos, flute
5. 8:25 – odd, deliberately paced melody stalks and drifts, questioning solos
6. 8:22 – dark but snappy groove: close to straight-ahead jazz but still oblique
7. 7:42 – very nice smoky ballad with flute: serene bass solo, sparkling guitar
8. 7:34 – abstracted blues: plodding theme, but slippery guitar & sax solos
[ Fo ] - 20 March 2013
Inner Circle, 2012
MODERN JAZZ – Debut release by a bassist out of the Baltimore/DC area, all original material. His quintet is made up of some heavy hitters, and he’s on Greg Osby’s label too, so that should tell you to expect a bit of adventure here. Meister’s tunes are friendly but come in from unusual angles, with guitar and sax (or flute) often working in tandem against gently twisted rhythm or through strangely shaped harmonies.
Blake Meister : bass
Gary Thomas : tenor sax, flute
Paul Bollenback : guitar
Marc Copland : piano
Ralph Peterson : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
1. 8:53 – rolling midtempo: dark jazz club feel, sax & guitar shadow each other
2. 8:37 – gentle intro; mysterious tick-tock tune, relaxed but full of odd angles
3. 5:51 – solo drums into hard modern swing: very twisty melody, tough bass
4. 8:26 – sweet, exotic ballad with busy bass intro, gently sloping solos, flute
5. 8:25 – odd, deliberately paced melody stalks and drifts, questioning solos
6. 8:22 – dark but snappy groove: close to straight-ahead jazz but still oblique
7. 7:42 – very nice smoky ballad with flute: serene bass solo, sparkling guitar
8. 7:34 – abstracted blues: plodding theme, but slippery guitar & sax solos
[ Fo ] - 20 March 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Blackout | 5. | Cynic | |||
| 2. | Sunken City | 6. | Market East | |||
| 3. | The Grind | 7. | Sunset | |||
| 4. | Falling (In Slow Motion) | 8. | Septagon |