Hurd, George / Navigation Without Numbers
Album: Navigation Without Numbers   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Hurd, George   Added:Sep 2016
Label:Innova Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-09-21 Pull Date: 2016-11-20 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 20 Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30 Oct 23 Sep 25
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 21, 2017: Old Fart at Play
Four Went Down
4. Nov 05, 2016: Music Casserole
Navigation Without Numbers
2. Nov 18, 2016: Rebop
Hummingbird
5. Nov 01, 2016: Clean Copper Radio
Fulcrum
3. Nov 11, 2016: Rebop
Four Went Down
6. Oct 27, 2016: Clean Copper Radio
Tethering Blind

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-13
Hurd, George/ Navigation Without Numbers
Label: innova

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-13

Tom McCarter
Hurd, George
Navigation Without Numbers
Genre: Jazz
Genius. Electronic/acoustic jazz that constantly shifts and consistently engages. Heads up, cello lovers! Kind of like acoustic mid-‘70s King Crimson.
FCCs: none
Fred Frith, Quartet Music, Nels Cline, Omar Sosa
Favorite Tracks: Four Went Down, Padca, Locked In Place, Tower of Babel, Hummingbird
Track Review: 1/ spacey start> midtempo jam> sudden end 2/ spacey start> Slow tempo jam> cello/piano duet> space jam> slow fade 3/ spacey start with reverse notes & cello> uptrmpo percussion> fade 4/ slow heavy space jam>
percussion/violin duet> melody shift uptempo> quick fade 5/ piano/percussion/ vibes starts (pretty)> shifts to midtempo jam> crescendo & fade 6/ spacey start> midtempo heavy jam> quick fade 7/ plucked string intro> midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ uptempo cello/piano starts> uptempo jam> quick end 9/ spacey start> cello/reverse notes> vibes/strings midtempo jam with percussion 10/ percussion/vibes start> Japanese feel (precision taiko-like percussion)> midtempo jam> quick fade
11/ midtempo jam> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Four Went Down   7. Locked In Place
2. Padca   8. Tethering Blind
3. The Great Magnet   9. Tower Of Babel
4. Navigation Without Numbers   10. Hummingbird
5. Fulcrum   11. All Falling Apart
6. Flux   .