Bailey, Donald / Blueprints Of Jazz: Vol. 3
| Album: | Blueprints Of Jazz: Vol. 3 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bailey, Donald | Added: | Dec 2008 | |
| Label: | Talking House Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-04-05 | Pull Date: | 2009-06-07 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 7 | May 31 | May 24 | May 17 | May 3 | Apr 19 | Apr 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 18, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Usq/Trilogy |
4. | Jan 13, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Usq/Trology |
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| 2. | May 31, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Usq/Trology |
5. | Jun 05, 2009: | Memory Select
USQ/Trology |
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| 3. | Aug 03, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Blues It |
6. | May 26, 2009: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Blues It |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-04-05
Reviewed 2009-04-05
DONALD BAILEY: Blueprints of Jazz, Vol. 3
Talking House, 2008
POSTBOP – Bay Area drummer Donald “Duck” Bailey, best known for backing organist Jimmy Smith in the 1950s-60s, here presents a surprisingly oblique, gleefully bashing quartet with Odean Pope on sax.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
1. 6:13 – loose-jointed burner with angular theme, tightly knotted sax solo
2. 6:25 – one-chord theme, chugging beat, heavy harmony: the trolls get down
3. 8:59 – cool, laid-back groove in 5/4 time, builds up gradually from solo bass
4. 4:22 – strange downward-sloping waltz: everything seems to slip and slide
5. 6:20 – rolling “Giant Steps” style chord-hopping propulsion
6. 6:56 – ballad for sax and bass: moody lyricism + odd angles; crazy ending
7. 6:42 – straightforward postbop walk leads to twists and turns in the solos
8. 12:28 – awesome solo bass pulse, then stern & striding midtempo with Charles Tolliver on trumpet... a strong sound throughout
9. 4:41 – Bailey plays harmonica! A sweet ballad.
[ Fo ] 04/05/09
Talking House, 2008
POSTBOP – Bay Area drummer Donald “Duck” Bailey, best known for backing organist Jimmy Smith in the 1950s-60s, here presents a surprisingly oblique, gleefully bashing quartet with Odean Pope on sax.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
1. 6:13 – loose-jointed burner with angular theme, tightly knotted sax solo
2. 6:25 – one-chord theme, chugging beat, heavy harmony: the trolls get down
3. 8:59 – cool, laid-back groove in 5/4 time, builds up gradually from solo bass
4. 4:22 – strange downward-sloping waltz: everything seems to slip and slide
5. 6:20 – rolling “Giant Steps” style chord-hopping propulsion
6. 6:56 – ballad for sax and bass: moody lyricism + odd angles; crazy ending
7. 6:42 – straightforward postbop walk leads to twists and turns in the solos
8. 12:28 – awesome solo bass pulse, then stern & striding midtempo with Charles Tolliver on trumpet... a strong sound throughout
9. 4:41 – Bailey plays harmonica! A sweet ballad.
[ Fo ] 04/05/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Plant Life | 5. | Fifth House | |||
| 2. | Blues It | 6. | For All We Know | |||
| 3. | Gone Now | 7. | Family Portrait | |||
| 4. | Variations | 8. | Usq/Trilogy | |||
| 9. | Blue Gardenia | |||||