| Gilfema / Three |
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| Album: | Three | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Gilfema | Added: | Apr 2020 | |
| Label: | Sounderscore | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 19, 2022: | Virtually Happy Little Wing | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2020-04-30 | ||
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Reviewed: 2020—04-25 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Their first album in 12 years. The band members have been performing constantly in other groups. “The compositions, drawing on the band’s West African and pan-European roots, range from light-touch folk songs to jazz-infused complexity. Time signatures are awkward but easy on the ear, and Loueke’s dense guitar harmonies are warmed by svelte grooves or raw dollops of funk.” – Mike Hobart, Financial Times If You Like: King Sunny Ade, Manu Dibango, Mulatu Astatqé, Palm Wine Boys Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Teke (5:19) – guitar starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop *2/ Little Wing (3:24) – guitar starts> fast tempo jam slows to midtempo> slow fade *3/ Le (3:07) – guitar starts> uptempo song with Hawaiian vibe> quick stop **4/ Happiness (3:30) – bass/drums start> fast tempo funky jam with vocals> quick stop 5/ 13th Floor To Heaven (5:22) – bass starts> midtempo jam with vocals> quick fade **6/ Brio (3:29) – guitar starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop 7/ Fleuve Congo (2:32) – guitar starts> midtempo jam> quick stop 8/ Algorythm And Blues (4:58) – drums start> funky midtempo mellow jam> quick fade *10/ Aflao (4:45) – drums start> lively uptempo jam> quick stop *11/ Left Undone (5:16) – full band starts> uptempo jam builds in volume to fast tempo> crescendo end 12/ Requiem For A Soul (4:09) – guitar starts> mellow uptempo jam> slow fade *13/ Until (3:23) – sonic guitar starts> slow tempo spacey jam> fade. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Teke | 7. | Fleuve Congo | |||
| 2. | Little Wing | 8. | Algorhythm and Blues | |||
| 3. | Le | 9. | Dear J.L. | |||
| 4. | Happiness | 10. | Aflao | |||
| 5. | 13th Floor to Heaven | 11. | Left Undone | |||
| 6. | Brio | 12. | Requiem for a Soul | |||
| 13. | Until | |||||