Sieverts, Henning / Symmetry / Blackbird
| Album: | Blackbird | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Sieverts, Henning / Symmetry | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Pirouet Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-12-13 | Pull Date: | 2010-02-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 14 | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 10 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 02, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Ubaramarabu |
4. | Jan 15, 2010: | Memory Select, new friday time
Half-Brain Dream |
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| 2. | Feb 12, 2010: | Memory Select - Tom Djll of Grosse Abfahrt
Blues For Alice |
5. | Jan 15, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Ubaramarabu |
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| 3. | Jan 22, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Dribs And Drabs |
6. | Jan 08, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Dribs And Drabs |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-12-13
Reviewed 2009-12-13
HENNING SIEVERTS SYMMETRY: Blackbird
Pirouet, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Cleverly constructed tunes inspired by birds (and musical birdlovers), but that doesn’t mean this sounds like a bunch of field recordings. The birdsongs usually manifest as subtle circular motifs. Arty modern jazz, mostly low-key and cerebral, very well done.
Henning Sieverts - bass, cello
Chris Speed - clarinet, tenor sax
Johannes Lauer - trombone
Achim Kaufmann - piano
John Hollenbeck - drums
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
1. 6:24 – playful alternation of odd meters; freeform middle; piano strolls, flies
2. 7:06 – piano scurries over bobbing melody; relaxed trombone, busy drums
3. 4:40 – pretty, lilting song, with nice interplay between clarinet & trombone
4. 2:46 – fluttering melody speeds up, slows down, becomes a little march
5. 5:10 – slow, quiet, moody processional; very mysterious
6. 1:35 – interlude: quiet percussive sounds and high keening squeaks
7. 7:27 – spare, circular intro; becomes Beatles tune, then a German folksong
8. 2:00 – low groaning tones with some squeaky accents
9. 5:50 – chugging 12-tone strut with an insistent pressure, bashing at end
10. 3:21 – horns drift gently over suspenseful single-note piano
11. 3:28 – strange, dizzy and disorienting; spins, then becomes a jumble
12. 5:29 – calm pulse, dreamlike at first, then a fluid piano solo
13. 4:39 – ballad: bass solos between lazy horn lines; sweetly drifting clarinet
[ Fo ] 12/13/09
Pirouet, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Cleverly constructed tunes inspired by birds (and musical birdlovers), but that doesn’t mean this sounds like a bunch of field recordings. The birdsongs usually manifest as subtle circular motifs. Arty modern jazz, mostly low-key and cerebral, very well done.
Henning Sieverts - bass, cello
Chris Speed - clarinet, tenor sax
Johannes Lauer - trombone
Achim Kaufmann - piano
John Hollenbeck - drums
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
1. 6:24 – playful alternation of odd meters; freeform middle; piano strolls, flies
2. 7:06 – piano scurries over bobbing melody; relaxed trombone, busy drums
3. 4:40 – pretty, lilting song, with nice interplay between clarinet & trombone
4. 2:46 – fluttering melody speeds up, slows down, becomes a little march
5. 5:10 – slow, quiet, moody processional; very mysterious
6. 1:35 – interlude: quiet percussive sounds and high keening squeaks
7. 7:27 – spare, circular intro; becomes Beatles tune, then a German folksong
8. 2:00 – low groaning tones with some squeaky accents
9. 5:50 – chugging 12-tone strut with an insistent pressure, bashing at end
10. 3:21 – horns drift gently over suspenseful single-note piano
11. 3:28 – strange, dizzy and disorienting; spins, then becomes a jumble
12. 5:29 – calm pulse, dreamlike at first, then a fluid piano solo
13. 4:39 – ballad: bass solos between lazy horn lines; sweetly drifting clarinet
[ Fo ] 12/13/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Wingswing | 8. | Low Owl | |||
| 2. | Dribs And Drabs | 9. | Gale In Night, Nightingale | |||
| 3. | Ubaramarabu | 10. | E Bird | |||
| 4. | Penguin Promenade | 11. | Half-Brain Dream | |||
| 5. | Rebird | 12. | Blues For Alice | |||
| 6. | Twittering Machine | 13. | O.M.'s Birdsday | |||
| 7. | Blackbird / Wenn Ich Ein Vöglein Wär' | . |