Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch / This We Know
| Album: | This We Know | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Palmetto Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-12-21 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 14, 2009: | Music Casserole
Bedtime Story |
4. | Jan 30, 2009: | Memory Select
Four In One |
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| 2. | Feb 06, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Bedtime Story |
5. | Jan 21, 2009: | The B-Side
Four In One |
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| 3. | Feb 04, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw
Langrage |
6. | Jan 09, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Canzona |
Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2008-12-19
Reviewed 2008-12-19
Hersch's lush piano meets the jazzy but artsy clarinet/sax of Michael Moore (not the filmmaker). Moore is better known for a quirky style of Dutch jazz, but in an accessible way, with hints of Klezmer. Hersch is more mainstream but gets pushed into some off-color tricks (moments of track 3, e.g.) Overall mood is like a velvety film noir, hushed and heavy.
By the way, this pairing isn't so random: The two guys have known each other since 1975.
1- Soft, romantic. Quiet New England autumn leaves.
2- Light, dancing
3- Slow, heavy. Moore gets into squeaky, piping notes
4- Light and fleeting. Sounds like something Myra Melford would do: A lilting, sunny ballet that doesn't fit the usual jazz mold but wouldn't feel out of place in a jazz club.
5- Drifting but assertive. Touches of blues in the later soloing.
6- Upbeat. Bouncy jazz-standard feel.
7- Classical feel, delicate
8- Mid/fast.
9- Wandering and wistful
10- Mid/fast; soft but perky. Gets bouncy. Klezmer hints.
11- Mid/fast but softly content.
By the way, this pairing isn't so random: The two guys have known each other since 1975.
1- Soft, romantic. Quiet New England autumn leaves.
2- Light, dancing
3- Slow, heavy. Moore gets into squeaky, piping notes
4- Light and fleeting. Sounds like something Myra Melford would do: A lilting, sunny ballet that doesn't fit the usual jazz mold but wouldn't feel out of place in a jazz club.
5- Drifting but assertive. Touches of blues in the later soloing.
6- Upbeat. Bouncy jazz-standard feel.
7- Classical feel, delicate
8- Mid/fast.
9- Wandering and wistful
10- Mid/fast; soft but perky. Gets bouncy. Klezmer hints.
11- Mid/fast but softly content.
Track Listing
| 1. | Aquellos Ojos Verdes | 6. | Doce De Coco | |||
| 2. | Bedtime Story | 7. | This We Know | |||
| 3. | The Sad Bird | 8. | Lee's Dream | |||
| 4. | Four In One | 9. | Sandwiches & Brandy | |||
| 5. | Spirit Of '76 | 10. | Langrage | |||
| 11. | Canzona | |||||