Hum, Peter / Ordinary Heroes
| Album: | Ordinary Heroes | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hum, Peter | Added: | Mar 2020 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-03-27
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
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
| 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 |