Jones, Darius Quartet / Book Of Mae'bul (Another Kind Of Sunrise)
| Album: | Book Of Mae'bul (Another Kind Of Sunrise) | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Jones, Darius Quartet | Added: | Apr 2012 | |
| Label: | Aum Fidelity | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-04-29 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 17 | May 27 | May 20 | May 13 | May 6 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 21, 2016: | Music Casserole
My Baby |
4. | May 19, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop
Winkie |
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| 2. | Jun 12, 2012: | Rebop
My Baby |
5. | May 15, 2012: | Rebop
The Fagley Blues |
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| 3. | May 22, 2012: | Rebop
My Baby |
6. | May 08, 2012: | Rebop
The Enjoli Moon |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-04-29
Reviewed 2012-04-29
DARIUS JONES QUARTET: The Book of Mæ’bul
AUM Fidelity, 2012
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – This is the third release by Jones, a highly creative alto saxophonist whose compositions describe elements from an elaborate fictional/autobiographical world. Love and beauty are the themes here, so the overall sound is heartfelt and approachable but the details are complex and challenging. Jones’ sax has a hard, sharply-cut edge even in tender moments, and can build to a piercing scream, while his band combines softer emotions in amorphous shapes.
All tracks interesting. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5
1. 6:50 – simple theme falls into lopsided piano solo, loud wailing sax
2. 5:43 – odd theme staggers forward, very angular sax & piano lines
3. 4:22 – upbeat bizarro-bop tries to drift but sax pulls it back, piano spins
4. 7:38 – sluggish intro, piano lines unspool, briefly upbeat, then ballad sax
5. 8:45 – steps carefully over ominous ground, good solos all around
6. 7:39 – confident stride drops into abstract solo bass, then a calm ballad
7. 8:00 – melancholy ballad, relatively straightforward with lovely solos
8. 6:48 – a pained march falls into the void… quiet improv floats away
[ Fo ] - April 2012
AUM Fidelity, 2012
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – This is the third release by Jones, a highly creative alto saxophonist whose compositions describe elements from an elaborate fictional/autobiographical world. Love and beauty are the themes here, so the overall sound is heartfelt and approachable but the details are complex and challenging. Jones’ sax has a hard, sharply-cut edge even in tender moments, and can build to a piercing scream, while his band combines softer emotions in amorphous shapes.
All tracks interesting. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5
1. 6:50 – simple theme falls into lopsided piano solo, loud wailing sax
2. 5:43 – odd theme staggers forward, very angular sax & piano lines
3. 4:22 – upbeat bizarro-bop tries to drift but sax pulls it back, piano spins
4. 7:38 – sluggish intro, piano lines unspool, briefly upbeat, then ballad sax
5. 8:45 – steps carefully over ominous ground, good solos all around
6. 7:39 – confident stride drops into abstract solo bass, then a calm ballad
7. 8:00 – melancholy ballad, relatively straightforward with lovely solos
8. 6:48 – a pained march falls into the void… quiet improv floats away
[ Fo ] - April 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | The Enjoli Moon | 5. | My Baby | |||
| 2. | The Fagley Blues | 6. | You Have Me Seeing Red | |||
| 3. | Winkie | 7. | So Sad | |||
| 4. | Be Patient With Me | 8. | Roosevelt |