| Stein, Jason Quartet / Story This Time, The |
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| Album: | Story This Time, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Stein, Jason Quartet | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-05-26 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 29 | Jul 22 | Jul 1 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 | Jun 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 29, 2021: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Jun 8, 2012) Skippy | 4. | Jul 17, 2012: | Rebop Little Big Horse | |
| 2. | Jul 24, 2012: | Rebop Badlands | 5. | Jun 26, 2012: | Rebop Lennie Bird | |
| 3. | Jul 18, 2012: | maximum entropy Badlands | 6. | Jun 12, 2012: | Rebop Skippy |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-05-13 | ||
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For folks who like the low down. Jason Stein plays bass clarinet. He’s joined by Keefe Jackson on tenor sax and contrabass clarinet. (Rhythm section is bass & drums.) Get ready for some unusual sounding—but damn good—jazz. The album starts out fairly straightforward, but gets quite strange in the middle. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 Just a warm up. (2:43) 2 * Worth a listen, but be ready for strange, gloopy sounds. (9:16) 3 ** Fast, snappy, and fun. Various sounds and textures. Nifty drum solo on the rims. (8:12) 4 *** Up-tempo T. Monk tune. Syncopated rhythm; complex counterpoint. (6:02) 5 ** Fast, complex. A lot going on here. Starts with a bass solo, then a tuba-like contrabass. Several long solo lines on bass clarinet, ranging from fun to downright wacky. (8:23) 6 * Quite free (squawks, squeaks) for first 1-1/2 min. Then a playful, Lee Konitz classic. (5:34) 7 Avant-garde. Bits of melody, interrupted by squeaks, honks, cymbal crashes. (6:15) 8 Wild take on a Monk tune. Bass and contrabass clarinets play a melody in near unison for the first minute. Then all hell breaks loose: squeaks, animal honks, all sorts of weird stuff. (5:53) 9 Slow. Low intro by reeds, then a drum solo (mostly cymbals). Goes out with a loud, lunatic bass clarinet accompanied by drums and cymbals. (7:41) 10 * Mid-tempo T. Monk tune. Strange, but interesting and enjoyable. Bass and (ultra low, hippo-grunting) contrabass clarinets playing ensemble. A swinging rhythm on drums. (3:23) 11 ** Super fast. (Lennie Tristano composition) Straightforward jazz with blues & Dixieland influences. Good steady drumming; lots of cymbals. Delightful. (3:05) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Background Music | 6. | Palo Alto | |||
| 2. | Laced Case | 7. | Hatoolie | |||
| 3. | Little Big Horse | 8. | Gallop's Gallop | |||
| 4. | Skippy | 9. | Hoke's Dream | |||
| 5. | Badlands | 10. | Work | |||
| 11. | Lennie Bird | |||||