Aldana, Melissa / Echoes of the Inner Prophet
| Album: | Echoes of the Inner Prophet | Collection: | A-File | |
| Artist: | Aldana, Melissa | Added: | Dec 2024 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2025-02-22 | Pull Date: | 2025-05-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 16 | Mar 9 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 15, 2025: | Music Casserole
A Story |
3. | Mar 03, 2025: | Virtually Happy
Echoes of the Inner Prophet (For Wayne Shorter) |
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| 2. | Mar 08, 2025: | where's my snail?
A Com |
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Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2025-01-31
Reviewed 2025-01-31
JAZZ - TENOR SAX & SMALL COMBO
Up and coming composer and saxophonist Melissa Aldana is from Chile, but now lives in NYC and records for Blue Note. Earlier discs in our library (ZK 1061053 & 1099010) have Aldana backed only by bass & drums. On this one she adds piano (Cuban-American Fabian Almazan from Terence Blanchard's band) and electric guitar (Norwegian Lage Lund). Compositions by Aldana, except #5 by bassist Pablo Menares and #8 by Lund.
FCC clean, all instrumental
1 very slow. Percussion intro; sax melody emerges; glistening piano & sounds join in (2:58)
2 * slow. Ensemble jam with each player stepping up in turns; dissonant & free in places but not too challenging; intriguing (6:50)
3 ** mid-slow. Pretty with just a hint of Latin rhythm; interplay of breathy sax & guitar remind me of 1960s Stan Getz - Charlie Byrd collaborations (6:08)
4 relaxed mid-tempo. Sax leads mostly, with guitar & piano solos in the middle (6:08)
5 very slow. Sax intro; bass solo backed by piano & brushed drums; sax returns (4:02)
6 ** mid-tempo. Flowing sax runs backed up by the band; good guitar solo midway; the most melodic & accessible piece (5:00)
7 slow. Amorphous fantasia; contemplative in mood but doesn’t lead anywhere (5:18)
8 ** mid-tempo. Catchy & tuneful, featuring nicely melodious sax lines, an excellent, extended guitar solo, and interesting varied rhythms (6:24)
Up and coming composer and saxophonist Melissa Aldana is from Chile, but now lives in NYC and records for Blue Note. Earlier discs in our library (ZK 1061053 & 1099010) have Aldana backed only by bass & drums. On this one she adds piano (Cuban-American Fabian Almazan from Terence Blanchard's band) and electric guitar (Norwegian Lage Lund). Compositions by Aldana, except #5 by bassist Pablo Menares and #8 by Lund.
FCC clean, all instrumental
1 very slow. Percussion intro; sax melody emerges; glistening piano & sounds join in (2:58)
2 * slow. Ensemble jam with each player stepping up in turns; dissonant & free in places but not too challenging; intriguing (6:50)
3 ** mid-slow. Pretty with just a hint of Latin rhythm; interplay of breathy sax & guitar remind me of 1960s Stan Getz - Charlie Byrd collaborations (6:08)
4 relaxed mid-tempo. Sax leads mostly, with guitar & piano solos in the middle (6:08)
5 very slow. Sax intro; bass solo backed by piano & brushed drums; sax returns (4:02)
6 ** mid-tempo. Flowing sax runs backed up by the band; good guitar solo midway; the most melodic & accessible piece (5:00)
7 slow. Amorphous fantasia; contemplative in mood but doesn’t lead anywhere (5:18)
8 ** mid-tempo. Catchy & tuneful, featuring nicely melodious sax lines, an excellent, extended guitar solo, and interesting varied rhythms (6:24)
Track Listing
| 1. | Echoes of the Inner Prophet (For Wayne Shorter) (2:58) | 5. | Ritual (4:02) | |||
| 2. | Unconscious Whispers (6:50) | 6. | A Com (5:00) | |||
| 3. | A Story (6:08) | 7. | Cone of Silence (For James Farber) (5:18) | |||
| 4. | The Solitary Seeker (6:08) | 8. | I Know You Know (6:24) |