Nagl, Max Ensemble / Live At Porgy & Bess Vienna
Album: Live At Porgy & Bess Vienna   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Nagl, Max Ensemble   Added:Aug 2012
Label:Rude Noises  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-08-19 Pull Date: 2012-10-21 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 21 Oct 14 Sep 30 Sep 23 Sep 9 Sep 2 Aug 26
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Recent Airplay
1. Oct 19, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Latten Pieler
4. Oct 11, 2012: minimum entropy ii
Ippen Erger
2. Oct 17, 2012: Meow After Midnight
Schlafende Griechen
5. Sep 25, 2012: Songs: Cantan
Abgeschobenes Kinderlied, Ippen Erger
3. Oct 11, 2012: The Sunset Life
I Mog My Kua Ned Hiatn
6. Sep 18, 2012: Rebop
Spielplatz

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-08-18
MAX NAGL ENSEMBLE: Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna
Rude Noises, 2012

AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Nagl, a saxophonist based in Vienna, Austria, here leads a very unusual nonet (2 reeds, 2 violins, trombone, keys, bass, drums, theremin!) in a freewheeling live set that is just a bit to the left of “normal” jazz, full of good-natured humor and surprise twists, but also some moments of gentle beauty. And I love that the theremin is used as a lead instrument and not just as a wacky effect.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9


1. 4:21 – brisk, bouncy fun: theremin is like a wordless vocal, good sax solo
2. 4:21 – spiky little bounce, becomes a slow-dance in the middle
3. 5:06 – sneaky start, then raucous & snappy jazz groove, becomes a dirge
4. 5:31 – calm, gentle sway: sweet theremin & violin get leading roles
5. 9:46 – ominous free-fusion builds, sinks into chugging groove, lightens up
6. 7:43 – very gentle orchestral sound: a slightly spooky cinematic ballad
7. 6:19 – all over the place: slow intro, good-time beat, free slouch, brisk bop
8. 3:07 – strings set up lightly suspenseful pulse; lots of theremin & keyboard
9. 4:14 – slow optimism, like the ending theme from a film, really nice
10. 0:19 – spoken intro
11. 1:16 – quick, dynamic stomp and applause

[ Fo ] - 18 August 2012

Track Listing
1. Rafzn Stew   6. Abgeschobenes Kinderlied
2. Latten Pieler   7. Spielplatz
3. Outaien   8. Blowing Bubbles
4. Norden   9. Schlafende Griechen
5. Ippen Erger   10. Eine Ansage
  11. I Mog My Kua Ned Hiatn