Harper, Darryl / Stories In Real Time
| Album: | Stories In Real Time | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Harper, Darryl | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Hipnotic Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-01-10 | Pull Date: | 2010-03-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 14 | Feb 7 | Jan 24 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-01-02
Reviewed 2010-01-02
DARRYL HARPER: Stories in Real Time
HiPNOTIC, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Harper’s C3 octet features four clarinets and voice for an unusual, agile, and highly organic sound. The first six tracks are a suite, lovingly constructed around poems of faith and lust by Terry Culleton, with the vocals out front. The rest of the disc includes pieces commissioned for this band from a range of composers, with a heavy dose of modern classical music and excursions into gospel, cinematic scores, world, even funk. Very good stuff, all tracks FCC clean.
Darryl Harper, Alec Spiegelman, Kenny Pexton - clarinets
Brian Landrus - bass clarinet
Marianne Solivan - voice
Lefteris Kordis - piano
Matthew Parrish - bass
Harry "Butch" Reed - drums
* * * * | All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13
1. 2:00 – spoken poem over walking bass & unison clarinet accents
2. 2:01 – winding poem sung over slow clarinet harmony
3. 1:55 – bright & swinging, with stabbing vocal; punchy sound
4. 2:07 – Gregorian chant-like vocal lines against slow reed harmonies
5. 6:09 – sparse intro; great bassline & solo; unsettling poem & pulsing rhythm
6. 6:44 – sexual poem; delicate clarinets, then a driving groove with scat vocal
7. 9:29 – clarinet quartet: slow, with exotic hints of tango & cascading breaks
8. 7:32 – cinematic: soaring, with odd meter, Ethiopian elements, handclaps
9. 5:36 – lovely ballad, again alike something from a film: sweet, lofty vocal
10. 2:01 – clarinet quartet: a thoughtful interlude, rich harmonies
11. 4:31 – uptempo hard strut: bass clarinet over cocky rhythm, piano soars
12. 6:39 – gospel: impassioned vocal; uplifting rhythm, warm clarinets
13. 4:46 – fun, playful: blends Duke Ellington with something more abstract
[ Fo ] 01/02/10
HiPNOTIC, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Harper’s C3 octet features four clarinets and voice for an unusual, agile, and highly organic sound. The first six tracks are a suite, lovingly constructed around poems of faith and lust by Terry Culleton, with the vocals out front. The rest of the disc includes pieces commissioned for this band from a range of composers, with a heavy dose of modern classical music and excursions into gospel, cinematic scores, world, even funk. Very good stuff, all tracks FCC clean.
Darryl Harper, Alec Spiegelman, Kenny Pexton - clarinets
Brian Landrus - bass clarinet
Marianne Solivan - voice
Lefteris Kordis - piano
Matthew Parrish - bass
Harry "Butch" Reed - drums
* * * * | All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13
1. 2:00 – spoken poem over walking bass & unison clarinet accents
2. 2:01 – winding poem sung over slow clarinet harmony
3. 1:55 – bright & swinging, with stabbing vocal; punchy sound
4. 2:07 – Gregorian chant-like vocal lines against slow reed harmonies
5. 6:09 – sparse intro; great bassline & solo; unsettling poem & pulsing rhythm
6. 6:44 – sexual poem; delicate clarinets, then a driving groove with scat vocal
7. 9:29 – clarinet quartet: slow, with exotic hints of tango & cascading breaks
8. 7:32 – cinematic: soaring, with odd meter, Ethiopian elements, handclaps
9. 5:36 – lovely ballad, again alike something from a film: sweet, lofty vocal
10. 2:01 – clarinet quartet: a thoughtful interlude, rich harmonies
11. 4:31 – uptempo hard strut: bass clarinet over cocky rhythm, piano soars
12. 6:39 – gospel: impassioned vocal; uplifting rhythm, warm clarinets
13. 4:46 – fun, playful: blends Duke Ellington with something more abstract
[ Fo ] 01/02/10
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