Brass Roots / Purple Cha-Cha Heels
| Album: | Purple Cha-Cha Heels | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Brass Roots | Added: | Jun 2003 | |
| Label: | Accurate Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-07-14 | Pull Date: | 2003-09-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 14 | Aug 24 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 27, 2003: | Morning Glory
Fajita Fajardo |
4. | Jul 29, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum (expanded edition)
Purple Cha Cha Heels |
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| 2. | Sep 12, 2003: | Memory Select
Free for a Dollar |
5. | Jul 28, 2003: | Fly By Night
Merengana |
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| 3. | Aug 22, 2003: | Memory Select
Chan |
6. | Jul 22, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
Purple Cha Cha Heels |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-07-09
Reviewed 2003-07-09
A cross between street jazz (think New Orleans brass) and Latin jazz. Pleasant, friendly and fun, although not as wacky as the song titles might suggest.
Instrumentation consists entirely of horns and Latin percussion -- high energy but very pared down, giving it a field-recording/third-world kind of sound (albeit cleanly recorded in New England). The ensemble is good and tight, but the sound gets monotonous in large doses.
1- Peacefully playful, an early-morning kind of brightness
3- Midtempo minor key, nice beat. Snaky sax solo
4- Happy Carnival piece
6- Fast and busy
7- Fast energy; series of riffs
8- Big and flamboyant; mid/fast
9- Fast melodrama, with piano
10- Dirge
11- Upbeat, mid/fast, with flute
15- Midtempo tango
Instrumentation consists entirely of horns and Latin percussion -- high energy but very pared down, giving it a field-recording/third-world kind of sound (albeit cleanly recorded in New England). The ensemble is good and tight, but the sound gets monotonous in large doses.
1- Peacefully playful, an early-morning kind of brightness
3- Midtempo minor key, nice beat. Snaky sax solo
4- Happy Carnival piece
6- Fast and busy
7- Fast energy; series of riffs
8- Big and flamboyant; mid/fast
9- Fast melodrama, with piano
10- Dirge
11- Upbeat, mid/fast, with flute
15- Midtempo tango
Track Listing
| 1. | A Day in the Life of An Afro | 8. | Compay Pongase Duro | |||
| 2. | Free for a Dollar | 9. | Merengana | |||
| 3. | Purple Cha Cha Heels | 10. | Those Who Trespass ... | |||
| 4. | Carnival | 11. | Kick Your Culo | |||
| 5. | Fajita Fajardo | 12. | Chachita | |||
| 6. | Cruzin' | 13. | Chan | |||
| 7. | Let It Slide | 14. | Tjader Dude | |||
| 15. | When Elephants Fly | |||||