| Amrine, Kate / This Is My Letter to the World |
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| Album: | This Is My Letter to the World | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Amrine, Kate | Added: | 04/2020 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2020-04-16 | ||
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Reviewed: 2020—04-15 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Trumpeter Amrine presents a musical feminist manifesto, confronting several political challenges through music combined with spoken word. Check out her explanation of each track in the liner notes. If You Like: Miles Davis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Roscoe Mitchell Track Review (favorites denoted by *): **1/ Skin (5:56) – drums start> midtempo spacey jam> slows to slow tempo, then builds back up to uptempo> quick fade 2/ What We Are Doing To Ourselves (4:36) – trumpet starts> slow tempo jam with flute & occasional spoken word> slow drawn out song> crescendo end 3/ Thought And Prayers (6:15) – spoken word with different voices starts, like a news broadcast> trumpet solo joins over the top> quick stop on male spoken voice *4/ My Body My Choice (2:39) – trumpet starts> slow tempo jam swings uptempo with multiple voices over the top> quick stop on female vocal 5/ Waiting? (4:38) – trumpet starts hesitatingly> slow tempo jam with spoken words interjected> fade *6/ Close Fight (6:32) – sounds of a boxing match start> bouncy midtempo jam mixed with spoken word recordings chopped up like a rap song> builds to fast tempo> fade & final burst *7/ Linger (5:49) – bass clarinet starts> slow tempo duet with bass clarinet> fade 8/ I’m Sorry Not Sorry (4:28) – repetitive spoken word starts, punctuated by trumpet, builds in volume> fade *9/ We Are Women (2:56) – spoken word by female chorus starts> trumpets join> fade> chorus> fade 10/ This Is My Letter To The World (1:29) – trumpet solo with spoken word> fade *11/ It Wasn’t Something That We Could Control (14:10) – trumpet starts> slow tempo jam with intersecting instruments & spoken & sung vocals> slow fade. | ||
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