Webber, Anna / Third Floor People
| Album: | Third Floor People | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Webber, Anna | Added: | Jan 2011 | |
| Label: | Nowt Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-01-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-03-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 6 | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 01, 2011: | Rebop
Awkward |
4. | Feb 15, 2011: | Rebop
Awkward |
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| 2. | Feb 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Parallelissimo 1 |
5. | Feb 06, 2011: | Donner Party
Parallelissimo 2, Le Pont, Awkward |
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| 3. | Feb 22, 2011: | Rebop
Une Myriade |
6. | Feb 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Awkward |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-01-01
Reviewed 2011-01-01
ANNA WEBBER: Third Floor People
Nowt, 2010
AVANT-JAZZ – Flutist/saxophonist Anna Webber alternates between two quartets on her debut release as a leader, merging the divergent musical spirits of New York and Montreal: one tense and spiky, the other more fluid and open. Webber bridges the two with assured playing and a fearless, edgy compositional style. She’s one to watch.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
1. 2:32 – slow, curving melody; harsh, gritty guitar rises up and takes over
2. 5:20 – uptempo rockin’… tight flute & trumpet, overflowing drums & guitar
3. 7:44 – moody melody dragged over hard rhythm; calms for sax/guitar solos
4. 10:17 – percolation & whiny sax, builds up energy, but drifts into a vast, empty space after 4 minutes… calm exploration the rest of the way
5. 7:02 – laid-back & folksy over flute pattern, crests, ebbs, flute solo warps it
6. 5:00 – oblique chugging, almost catchy, jumps into rock as guitar takes off
7. 3:55 – angular flute into scribbly free jazz; slows for trumpet, jumps back
8. 6:51 – intriguing melody, steady drums; drifts into freedom, then surges
9. 7:24 – brooding unison melody; thoughtful trumpet, haunted flute solo
10. 7:35 – jerky rhythm, horns orbit each other, sax & guitar wriggle away
11. 3:15 – same melody as #1, but it maintains a calmer feel
[ Fo ] 01/01/11
Nowt, 2010
AVANT-JAZZ – Flutist/saxophonist Anna Webber alternates between two quartets on her debut release as a leader, merging the divergent musical spirits of New York and Montreal: one tense and spiky, the other more fluid and open. Webber bridges the two with assured playing and a fearless, edgy compositional style. She’s one to watch.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
1. 2:32 – slow, curving melody; harsh, gritty guitar rises up and takes over
2. 5:20 – uptempo rockin’… tight flute & trumpet, overflowing drums & guitar
3. 7:44 – moody melody dragged over hard rhythm; calms for sax/guitar solos
4. 10:17 – percolation & whiny sax, builds up energy, but drifts into a vast, empty space after 4 minutes… calm exploration the rest of the way
5. 7:02 – laid-back & folksy over flute pattern, crests, ebbs, flute solo warps it
6. 5:00 – oblique chugging, almost catchy, jumps into rock as guitar takes off
7. 3:55 – angular flute into scribbly free jazz; slows for trumpet, jumps back
8. 6:51 – intriguing melody, steady drums; drifts into freedom, then surges
9. 7:24 – brooding unison melody; thoughtful trumpet, haunted flute solo
10. 7:35 – jerky rhythm, horns orbit each other, sax & guitar wriggle away
11. 3:15 – same melody as #1, but it maintains a calmer feel
[ Fo ] 01/01/11
Track Listing
| 1. | Third Floor People 1 | 6. | Not Stop Rocking | |||
| 2. | Awkward | 7. | Une Myriade | |||
| 3. | Parallelissimo 1 | 8. | Boo Boo Boo Daa | |||
| 4. | Glimpses | 9. | Le Pont | |||
| 5. | Hymn | 10. | Parallelissimo 2 | |||
| 11. | Third Floor People 2 | |||||