Schwendener, Ben/Uwe Steinmetz / Apfelschaun
| Album: | Apfelschaun | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Schwendener, Ben/Uwe Steinmetz | Added: | Nov 2004 | |
| Label: | Gravity Arts Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-12-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-02-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 16 | Jan 9 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 22, 2011: | (Last Day Of) Summer-Time Sunshine
June 13TH |
4. | Jun 23, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder
June 13TH, Eternal Harvest |
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| 2. | Nov 26, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder
Mood Swings |
5. | Feb 17, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder
June 13TH |
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| 3. | Dec 29, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder
June 13TH, Eternal Harvest |
6. | Feb 10, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder
Eternal Harvest |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-12-19
Reviewed 2004-12-19
Mellow mainstream jazz in a cross between the late-'60s model and ECM. Maybe a little too lyrical for its own good, with track 1 treading on (god forbid) new age territory. Fairly serious stuff; the mood isn't exactly heavy but it's definitely wintry.
That said, the best tracks get into serious jams with a smoky post-bop tinge, and Uwe Steinmetz on sax adds plenty of Euro creativity to the mix. Exciting stuff beneath a calm surface.
Mostly quartet pieces featuring Ben Schwendener on piano and Steinmetz on sax. The occasional trumpet from Sven Klammer adds some nice bite.
1- Tumbling but gentle, a mid/fast new age relaxer
*2- Cool stormy '60s feel, with trumpet
3- Solo soprano sax, twirly and fast
4- An intense bluesy trumpet solo, after slow start
5- Slow intro, into jaunty Euro-folk jazz
*6- Cute fast scales over simple bassline. Piano-sax duet.
7- Slow, sad
8- Pensive, with mid/fast theme
*9- Nice dark-mood theme that gets stormy and intense
10- Moody jazz/classical duet of sax & piano
*11- Bacharach-like romantic theme, into swirling near-free territory
12- Slow, with a nice trumpet solo
That said, the best tracks get into serious jams with a smoky post-bop tinge, and Uwe Steinmetz on sax adds plenty of Euro creativity to the mix. Exciting stuff beneath a calm surface.
Mostly quartet pieces featuring Ben Schwendener on piano and Steinmetz on sax. The occasional trumpet from Sven Klammer adds some nice bite.
1- Tumbling but gentle, a mid/fast new age relaxer
*2- Cool stormy '60s feel, with trumpet
3- Solo soprano sax, twirly and fast
4- An intense bluesy trumpet solo, after slow start
5- Slow intro, into jaunty Euro-folk jazz
*6- Cute fast scales over simple bassline. Piano-sax duet.
7- Slow, sad
8- Pensive, with mid/fast theme
*9- Nice dark-mood theme that gets stormy and intense
10- Moody jazz/classical duet of sax & piano
*11- Bacharach-like romantic theme, into swirling near-free territory
12- Slow, with a nice trumpet solo
Track Listing
| 1. | Eternal Harvest | 7. | Southern Scale | |||
| 2. | June 13TH | 8. | Underwater | |||
| 3. | Folk Dance | 9. | Mood Swings | |||
| 4. | Freunde, Dass Der Maldelzwei | 10. | Two Walls of a Circle | |||
| 5. | On a Theme By George Cumming | 11. | Dona Dona | |||
| 6. | Noddy Likes to Watch the ... | 12. | Desert Games |