Mcauley, Jim / Ultimate Frog, The
Album: | Ultimate Frog, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Mcauley, Jim | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
Label: | Drip Audio |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2009-04-12 | Pull Date: | 2009-06-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Jun 14 | Jun 7 | May 31 | May 24 | May 17 | May 10 | Apr 26 | Apr 19 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jun 12, 2009: | Memory Select
Improvisation #12 |
4. | May 22, 2009: | Memory Select
Improvisation #11 |
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2. | Jun 05, 2009: | Memory Select
Okie Dokie |
5. | May 17, 2009: | Sasquatch Sub
The Zone Of Avoidance |
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3. | May 29, 2009: | Memory Select
Huddle's Riff |
6. | May 16, 2009: | Music Casserole
The Zone Of Avoidance |
Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2009-04-10
Reviewed 2009-04-10
Duets of McAuley's acoustic guitar (sometimes dobro) with: violin (the legendary Leroy Jenkins), bass (Ken Filiano), drums (Alex Cline), or Other Guitar (Nels Cline!!!). Lots of quiet near-jazz picking, and lots of "off"-sounding microtones from Jenkins on violin.
Some pieces have a pretty and lyrical sheen overall but don't sit in a purely happy place; there's always a tinge of darkness or dread lurking in there. A few get outright abstract.
DISK ONE
1- Dissonant, with strongly sour-toned violin.
2- Cascading acoustic guitar, a bit sad.
3- A touch of country twang. Tight, tense plucking verging on Derek Bailey
4- Gongs: Slow, shimmering, majestic.
5- Violin: Curious pecking, then some scribbly bowing. Fast but sparse.
6- Fast scrappy improv. (w/bass)
7- Mid/fast, a placid mystical air. Pretty. Strong melody at the end.
8- Twangy, folky violin. Gets chaotic and scribbly.
9- Dissonant. Dark but with moments of serene folkiness.
10- Clattering guitar duet.
11- Clashing, w/drum kit
12- Guitars: Gentle, shimmering, lyrical, quite nice.
DISK TWO
13- Mid/fast guitars, between blues and new age. Nice.
14- Violin: Quiet start, gets scrapy and scribbly and loud
15- Slow and airy
16- Fast but relatively low-key. w/bass.
17- Violin: Almost romantic.
18- Cool woodblock percussion, placid desert-Western guitar. Catchy riff later.
19- Guitar/dobro: dense, tangly, with some lone bashed chords.
20- Fast, upbeat, exhiliarating. Touches of quieter King Crimson c.1981. w/drums.
21- Near-droney, like an engine warming up. w/violin
22- Fast fingerwork on guitars, almost classical
23- Jangly, darkly twangy, good rhythm. w/bass
24- A pretty and sad piece, lovely. Solo guitar plus rain sounds.
Some pieces have a pretty and lyrical sheen overall but don't sit in a purely happy place; there's always a tinge of darkness or dread lurking in there. A few get outright abstract.
DISK ONE
1- Dissonant, with strongly sour-toned violin.
2- Cascading acoustic guitar, a bit sad.
3- A touch of country twang. Tight, tense plucking verging on Derek Bailey
4- Gongs: Slow, shimmering, majestic.
5- Violin: Curious pecking, then some scribbly bowing. Fast but sparse.
6- Fast scrappy improv. (w/bass)
7- Mid/fast, a placid mystical air. Pretty. Strong melody at the end.
8- Twangy, folky violin. Gets chaotic and scribbly.
9- Dissonant. Dark but with moments of serene folkiness.
10- Clattering guitar duet.
11- Clashing, w/drum kit
12- Guitars: Gentle, shimmering, lyrical, quite nice.
DISK TWO
13- Mid/fast guitars, between blues and new age. Nice.
14- Violin: Quiet start, gets scrapy and scribbly and loud
15- Slow and airy
16- Fast but relatively low-key. w/bass.
17- Violin: Almost romantic.
18- Cool woodblock percussion, placid desert-Western guitar. Catchy riff later.
19- Guitar/dobro: dense, tangly, with some lone bashed chords.
20- Fast, upbeat, exhiliarating. Touches of quieter King Crimson c.1981. w/drums.
21- Near-droney, like an engine warming up. w/violin
22- Fast fingerwork on guitars, almost classical
23- Jangly, darkly twangy, good rhythm. w/bass
24- A pretty and sad piece, lovely. Solo guitar plus rain sounds.
Track Listing
1. | Improvisation #12 | 13. | Jump Start | |||
2. | Nika's Love Ballad | 14. | Improvisation #9 | |||
3. | Improvisation #5 | 15. | Bullfrogs And Fireflies | |||
4. | November Night | 16. | Successive Approximations | |||
5. | Improvisation #1 | 17. | Improvisation #11 | |||
6. | Escape Tones | 18. | Five'll Get Ya Ten | |||
7. | A Ditty For N.C. | 19. | Work With Warp | |||
8. | Improvisation #6 | 20. | No Snare! | |||
9. | The Zone Of Avoidance | 21. | Improvisation #10 | |||
10. | Froggy's Midnight Twanger | 22. | Angie Moreli Truly Confesses | |||
11. | Huddle's Riff | 23. | Okie Dokie | |||
12. | Il Pocellino | 24. | For Rod Poole |