Abbasi, Rez / Snake Charmer
| Album: | Snake Charmer | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Abbasi, Rez | Added: | Jan 2006 | |
| Label: | Earth Sounds | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 2 | Mar 12 | Mar 5 | Feb 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 13, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Snake Charmer |
4. | Mar 31, 2006: | Memory Select
Tantra |
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| 2. | Nov 13, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Pearl |
5. | Mar 10, 2006: | Memory Select
Snake Charmer |
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| 3. | Sep 05, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program
Snake Charmer |
6. | Mar 10, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Snake Charmer |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2006-01-31
Reviewed 2006-01-31
REZ ABBASI – “Snake Charmer”
Earth Sounds, 2005
MODERN JAZZ – NYC guitarist Abbasi digs into his Indian subcontinent roots on his 4th CD. Not that he’s ever strayed far: after music school in California and New York, he went to India to study the tabla! The core of this disc is a trio with Gary Versace on organ and Danny Weiss on drums. The seemingly omnipresent Dave Liebman turns up to add soprano sax on 2 & 6, and vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia adds flavor to 2, 4 & 8.
Fo’s Picks: I like it all, but 1, 2, 4 stand out
1. 8:01 – twisty intro, rhythmically complex with many tempo shifts, breakdowns. Guitar solo high and stumbling, organ solo a staccato zombie-walk.
2. 9:03 – for Daniel Pearl: relaxed and emotive with a strong Indian feel, tabla and floating vocal. Middle is edgy jazz w/ “sitar-guitar,” soprano sax gets raw.
3. 8:34 – chugging drive: unison guitar & organ, then each takes off with fluid lines.
4. 8:54 – street sounds, then gentle ruminations w/ sitar-guitar, tabla, organ, voice
5. 7:28 – similar to #1 rhythmically; solos more meandering. check out the intro!
6. 6:06 – slower and somewhat contemplative, with soprano sax & acoustic guitar
7. 6:09 – midtempo but propulsive, stair-climbing melody line, active drums
8. 1:58 – short tone poem for acoustic guitar & voice. Lots of space, rather sad.
[Fo] - 1/31/06
Earth Sounds, 2005
MODERN JAZZ – NYC guitarist Abbasi digs into his Indian subcontinent roots on his 4th CD. Not that he’s ever strayed far: after music school in California and New York, he went to India to study the tabla! The core of this disc is a trio with Gary Versace on organ and Danny Weiss on drums. The seemingly omnipresent Dave Liebman turns up to add soprano sax on 2 & 6, and vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia adds flavor to 2, 4 & 8.
Fo’s Picks: I like it all, but 1, 2, 4 stand out
1. 8:01 – twisty intro, rhythmically complex with many tempo shifts, breakdowns. Guitar solo high and stumbling, organ solo a staccato zombie-walk.
2. 9:03 – for Daniel Pearl: relaxed and emotive with a strong Indian feel, tabla and floating vocal. Middle is edgy jazz w/ “sitar-guitar,” soprano sax gets raw.
3. 8:34 – chugging drive: unison guitar & organ, then each takes off with fluid lines.
4. 8:54 – street sounds, then gentle ruminations w/ sitar-guitar, tabla, organ, voice
5. 7:28 – similar to #1 rhythmically; solos more meandering. check out the intro!
6. 6:06 – slower and somewhat contemplative, with soprano sax & acoustic guitar
7. 6:09 – midtempo but propulsive, stair-climbing melody line, active drums
8. 1:58 – short tone poem for acoustic guitar & voice. Lots of space, rather sad.
[Fo] - 1/31/06
Track Listing
| 1. | Snake Charmer | 5. | Kismet | |||
| 2. | Pearl | 6. | Rumi | |||
| 3. | Tantra | 7. | Blood Orange | |||
| 4. | Motherland | 8. | Thanks For Nothingness |