Contemporary Jazz Quintet, the / Actions 1966 - 67
Album: Actions 1966 - 67   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Contemporary Jazz Quintet, the   Added:Jul 2005
Label:Atavistic/Truckstop Audio  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-07-25 Pull Date: 2005-09-26 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Sep 25 Aug 21 Aug 14 Aug 7 Jul 31
Airplays: 1 2 2 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 23, 2005: Memory Select
Action #V
4. Aug 09, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
Action #Ii
2. Aug 19, 2005: Memory Select
Action #VI
5. Aug 08, 2005: Stirling's Approximation
Action #Iv
3. Aug 16, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
Action #Ii
6. Aug 02, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
Action #Iv

Album Review
Ben
Reviewed 2005-07-19
The Contemporary Jazz Quintet – Actions 1966 - 67

Cacophonous free jazz group from Denmark, heavily influenced by the sound of expatriate New Yorkers in Europe at the time such as Albert Ayler and Sunny Murray. They add a musical saw alongside a more traditional sax/trumpet front line for an interesting effect. Despite its limited musical range, the saw adds a haunting dimension to the proceedings and foreshadows the role of electric guitar in free jazz, with its long sustained tones and strange distortion. Recommended.

*1. A beautiful, mournful dirge
2. More subdued, but still slow and exploratory
*3. Faster, builds to frenetic climax
4. Squalls of saxophone, fades to the end
*5. Pensive start builds quickly to improv blowout

Ben B 7/18/05

Track Listing
1. Action #Ii   3. Action #Iv
2. Action #Iii   4. Action #V
  5. Action #Vi