Hum, Peter / Ordinary Heroes |
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Album: | Ordinary Heroes | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Hum, Peter | Added: | 03/2020 | |
Label: | Self Release |
Album Review |
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Tom McCarter Reviewed 2020-03-27 | ||
Reviewed: 2020—03-27 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Pianist Hum leads a tight sextet through a spirited set of modern jazz with elements of fusion. All originals. If You Like: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Bill Connors Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Crises And Reckoning (5 :23) – piano starts slow, swings into midtempo jam with shifting tempos> fade 2/ Cassandra (6: 33) – electric piano/guitar start> mellow midtempo jam> fade **3/ Fake News Blues (6:44) – piano starts> swinging uptempo jam> crescendo end *4/ Nebulous Compensation (7:47) – guitar starts> midtempo jam> fade 5/ Rabble Rouser (10:45) – drums/bass starts> brassy uptempo jam> cresecendo end *6/ Embers (5:32) – electric piano starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> slows to fade 7/ Tears For The Innocent (5:36) – piano starts> midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ Spare Hearts (9:29) – electric piano starts> mellow midtempo jam> crescendo end *9/ Safe Passage (9:56) – guitar starts> mellow midtempo jam swings uptempo> slow fade 10/ Ordinary Heroes (5:05) – piano starts> midtempo jam> crescendo end |
Track Listing |
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1. | Crises and Reckonings | 6. | Embers | |||
2. | Cassandra | 7. | Tears for the Innocent | |||
3. | Fake News Blues | 8. | Spare Hearts | |||
4. | Nebulous Compensation | 9. | Safe Passage | |||
5. | Rabble Rouser | 10. | Ordinary Heroes |