D-Town Brass / Golden Belt
| Album: | Golden Belt | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | D-Town Brass | Added: | Mar 2017 | |
| Label: | Hog Mob Muzik | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-03-15 | Pull Date: | 2017-05-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 14 | May 7 | Apr 16 | Mar 19 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 26, 2017: | Rebop
Escape Hatch |
4. | May 05, 2017: | Rebop
Slippery Monkeys |
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| 2. | May 19, 2017: | Rebop
A Close Call |
5. | Apr 11, 2017: | Sunlight Sketches
No Lock, No Key |
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| 3. | May 12, 2017: | Rebop
No Lock, No Key, Same River, Once |
6. | Mar 16, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Slippery Monkeys |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2017-03-09
Reviewed 2017-03-09
FUNKY BIG-BAND JAZZ
Here’s a 15-piece horns ensemble out of Durham, NC, playing with plenty of groove. Instruments include 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, saxes, keys, vibes, drums. Not great, but fun.
Instrumental (except #5).
No FCC issues.
1 * Mid-fast. Bongo start; alto states a theme; full band follows. (4:26)
2 ** Mid-fast. Bouncy & syncopated. Nicely features vibraphone and perc. (4:20)
3 Mid-tempo. Loose random stuff. As the name implies, doesn’t go anywhere. (4:29)
4 * Mid-tempo. Dense texture of horns. Good sax solo midway. Chaotic toward end. (4:53)
5 ** Mid-tempo. “No lock, no key; open the door,” sung as an intro. Then the horns go off in multiple separate directions for an interesting, wild trip. (2:48)
6 Mid-tempo. Vibes, trumpet & drums to start; then everyone. A bit of incomprehensible vocal. Just ok. (6:30)
7 Fast. Jumbled and hectic (hence the name). Sudden stop. (2:57)
8 * Mid-tempo. Slinky clarinet lead w old-timey feel. Second half is fast, loud, wild. (5:21)
9 Mid-fast. Little melodic fragment goes round & round. Big loud tutti finish. (3:57)
Here’s a 15-piece horns ensemble out of Durham, NC, playing with plenty of groove. Instruments include 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, saxes, keys, vibes, drums. Not great, but fun.
Instrumental (except #5).
No FCC issues.
1 * Mid-fast. Bongo start; alto states a theme; full band follows. (4:26)
2 ** Mid-fast. Bouncy & syncopated. Nicely features vibraphone and perc. (4:20)
3 Mid-tempo. Loose random stuff. As the name implies, doesn’t go anywhere. (4:29)
4 * Mid-tempo. Dense texture of horns. Good sax solo midway. Chaotic toward end. (4:53)
5 ** Mid-tempo. “No lock, no key; open the door,” sung as an intro. Then the horns go off in multiple separate directions for an interesting, wild trip. (2:48)
6 Mid-tempo. Vibes, trumpet & drums to start; then everyone. A bit of incomprehensible vocal. Just ok. (6:30)
7 Fast. Jumbled and hectic (hence the name). Sudden stop. (2:57)
8 * Mid-tempo. Slinky clarinet lead w old-timey feel. Second half is fast, loud, wild. (5:21)
9 Mid-fast. Little melodic fragment goes round & round. Big loud tutti finish. (3:57)
Track Listing
| 1. | Escape Hatch | 6. | Camberwell Carrot | |||
| 2. | Slippery Monkeys | 7. | The Hectic Metric | |||
| 3. | Slideways | 8. | A Close Call | |||
| 4. | Same River, Once | 9. | Zombie Rag | |||
| 5. | No Lock, No Key | . |