Niswanger, Hailey / Confeddie
| Album: | Confeddie | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Niswanger, Hailey | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2009-11-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 29 | Oct 18 | Oct 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 24, 2009: | Memory Select
Four In One |
4. | Oct 13, 2009: | Jazz on a Wet Afternoon
Oliloqui Valley |
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| 2. | Oct 17, 2009: | Music Casserole
La Mesha |
5. | Oct 02, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Oliloqui Valley |
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| 3. | Oct 16, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
La Mesha |
6. | Oct 01, 2009: | orangeasm music to lick 9v batteries by
Oliloqui Valley |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-09-27
Reviewed 2009-09-27
HAILEY NISWANGER: Confeddie
self-released, 2009
HARD BOP – The debut release by Niswanger (pronounced “NICE-wonger”), a 19 year old saxophonist originally from Oregon, in a quartet with fellow students from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She sticks to alto horn on the disc in a set loaded with tricky modern-jazz classics, and gets to show off both her fast-fingered technical chops and a confident, inventive improvisational voice. She’s off to a good start; I look forward to watching her grow over time.
* * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 8
1. 5:46 – squirrelly duo theme into a solid sax swing; delicate piano solo.
2. 7:20 – aching tune: piano unspools long strings; sax solo really sings
3. 4:27 – punchy original tune: speedy with long, twisting melodic lines
4. 7:59 – relaxed ballad: warm, welcoming sound with fine, lyrical sax solo
5. 5:30 – lilting 3/4 swing: piano bounces, then sax takes off with it
6. 5:34 – tough-edged swing, midtempo but with a firm thrust
7. 7:39 – upbeat, airy classic: busy bass, jamming sax, jaunty piano, odd end
8. 6:20 – quick and breezy: solos are energetic and twisty; drum/bass duet
[ Fo ] 09/27/09
self-released, 2009
HARD BOP – The debut release by Niswanger (pronounced “NICE-wonger”), a 19 year old saxophonist originally from Oregon, in a quartet with fellow students from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She sticks to alto horn on the disc in a set loaded with tricky modern-jazz classics, and gets to show off both her fast-fingered technical chops and a confident, inventive improvisational voice. She’s off to a good start; I look forward to watching her grow over time.
* * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 8
1. 5:46 – squirrelly duo theme into a solid sax swing; delicate piano solo.
2. 7:20 – aching tune: piano unspools long strings; sax solo really sings
3. 4:27 – punchy original tune: speedy with long, twisting melodic lines
4. 7:59 – relaxed ballad: warm, welcoming sound with fine, lyrical sax solo
5. 5:30 – lilting 3/4 swing: piano bounces, then sax takes off with it
6. 5:34 – tough-edged swing, midtempo but with a firm thrust
7. 7:39 – upbeat, airy classic: busy bass, jamming sax, jaunty piano, odd end
8. 6:20 – quick and breezy: solos are energetic and twisty; drum/bass duet
[ Fo ] 09/27/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Four In One | 5. | Sometime Ago | |||
| 2. | Oliloqui Valley | 6. | Serenity | |||
| 3. | Confeddie | 7. | Stablemates | |||
| 4. | La Mesha | 8. | Yes Or No |