Kell, Arthur Quartet / Victoria: Live In Germany
| Album: | Victoria: Live In Germany | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Kell, Arthur Quartet | Added: | Jun 2009 | |
| Label: | Bju: Brooklyn Jazz Underground | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 16 | Aug 9 | Aug 2 | Jul 26 | Jul 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 28, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Draco |
4. | May 16, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Suomi Sanni |
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| 2. | Apr 06, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Victoria And Her Sisters |
5. | Oct 25, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Suomi Sanni |
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| 3. | Sep 27, 2016: | A Show Has No Name
Suomi Sanni |
6. | Feb 14, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Suomi Sanni |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-07-04
Reviewed 2009-07-04
ARTHUR KELL QUARTET: Victoria
BJU, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Bassist with a fine quartet of inventive players well attuned to each other, recorded live (with excellent sound) at two gigs in Germany. Kell’s compositions are brainy yet inviting, his lines crisp with a gently bouncing quality. Loren Stillman’s nimble sax makes the music soar and Brad Shepik adds slight angularity on guitar. Joe Smith provides a solid anchor with lively, textured drumming. Just beautiful!
* * * * * | All very good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6
1. 8:21 – sunny theme, somewhat shaded: modernist solos, warm and lilting
2. 8:45 – upbeat & catchy in an oblique way; another nice round of solos
3. 12:10 – African flavor, welcoming feel; groove strengthens for sinuous solos
4. 10:09 – warm spiral melody, sax & guitar solos unspool in meandering lines
5. 10:09 – slow, atmospheric: poetic solos drift over wide-open rhythmic space
6. 9:26 – cute melody in a serious wrapper; flows well, solos sparkle with life
7. 7:20 – bright bounce, follows a straight line down a narrow path
[ Fo ] 07/04/09
BJU, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Bassist with a fine quartet of inventive players well attuned to each other, recorded live (with excellent sound) at two gigs in Germany. Kell’s compositions are brainy yet inviting, his lines crisp with a gently bouncing quality. Loren Stillman’s nimble sax makes the music soar and Brad Shepik adds slight angularity on guitar. Joe Smith provides a solid anchor with lively, textured drumming. Just beautiful!
* * * * * | All very good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6
1. 8:21 – sunny theme, somewhat shaded: modernist solos, warm and lilting
2. 8:45 – upbeat & catchy in an oblique way; another nice round of solos
3. 12:10 – African flavor, welcoming feel; groove strengthens for sinuous solos
4. 10:09 – warm spiral melody, sax & guitar solos unspool in meandering lines
5. 10:09 – slow, atmospheric: poetic solos drift over wide-open rhythmic space
6. 9:26 – cute melody in a serious wrapper; flows well, solos sparkle with life
7. 7:20 – bright bounce, follows a straight line down a narrow path
[ Fo ] 07/04/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Victoria And Her Sisters | 4. | Draco | |||
| 2. | Suomi Sanni | 5. | Names And Spaces | |||
| 3. | Papa Abba | 6. | There You Go | |||
| 7. | Dada | |||||