Ramanan, Roland / Shaken
| Album: | Shaken | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ramanan, Roland | Added: | Feb 2003 | |
| Label: | Emanem | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-02-24 | Pull Date: | 2003-04-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Apr 13 | Apr 6 | Mar 16 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 25, 2003: | Memory Select
Worth Remembering |
4. | Apr 10, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program
Forgotten |
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| 2. | Apr 18, 2003: | Memory Select
Of a Handshake |
5. | Apr 03, 2003: | The Digital/Analog War
Forgotten |
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| 3. | Apr 11, 2003: | Memory Select
Before |
6. | Apr 01, 2003: | No Cover, No Mimimum: SUB
The That's that |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-02-23
Reviewed 2003-02-23
"Structured improv" quintet -- that is, the music's freely improvised within some boundaries that keep it fairly jazzy. Let by Ramanan on trumpet.
Mostly slow jams with an attractive overall sound. It's abstract but doesn't venture overly far into squeak/squonk territory. A couple of fast tracks (4,6) add some spice. Very nice stuff overall; I like the *feel* of this session.
1*- Nice groove: Slow, high drama, lonely trumpet
2- Also slow, more scattered
3- Quiet
4*- Bright, fast, w/active drumming
5- Very quiet
6*- Bright & fast again
7- Slow, with nice composed-sounding opening
8- Zenlike wooden flutes
9*- Tumbling feel, very nice
10*- Slow/midtempo, rather pretty
Mostly slow jams with an attractive overall sound. It's abstract but doesn't venture overly far into squeak/squonk territory. A couple of fast tracks (4,6) add some spice. Very nice stuff overall; I like the *feel* of this session.
1*- Nice groove: Slow, high drama, lonely trumpet
2- Also slow, more scattered
3- Quiet
4*- Bright, fast, w/active drumming
5- Very quiet
6*- Bright & fast again
7- Slow, with nice composed-sounding opening
8- Zenlike wooden flutes
9*- Tumbling feel, very nice
10*- Slow/midtempo, rather pretty
Track Listing
| 1. | Before | 6. | Promised | |||
| 2. | The Next | 7. | The That's that | |||
| 3. | Showers | 8. | Of a Handshake | |||
| 4. | Break | 9. | Worth Remembering | |||
| 5. | A Kiss | 10. | Forgotten |