| Brown, Alex / Pianist |
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| Album: | Pianist | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Brown, Alex | Added: | Dec 2012 | |
| Label: | Paquito Records (Sunnyside Records) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-12-08 | Pull Date: | 2013-02-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | Dec 23 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 15, 2013: | Rebop Buleria | 4. | Feb 02, 2013: | Music Casserole Prologue | |
| 2. | Feb 09, 2013: | Music Casserole Elektric | 5. | Feb 01, 2013: | Rebop Waltz | |
| 3. | Feb 08, 2013: | Rebop Elektric | 6. | Jan 31, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum (New Slot) The Wrong Jacket |
| Album Review |
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| Larry Reviewed 2012-12-11 | ||
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Eclectic pianist and composer, 22 year-old Alex Brown, a graduate of the New England Conservatory, joins saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, in a debut CD featuring 7 Brown originals, and Brown’s arrangements of songs by Cole Porter and Brazilian composer, Pixinguinha. The instrumental combos variously include percussion, acoustic bass, marimba and flugelhorn in various jazz moods. Brown’s music shows a strong Latin influence. His free-flowing pianism exhibits expressiveness, an expansive sense of time, memorable improvised phrases and creative rhythms. 1. Brown: Prologue (6:12). Marimba sets the scene for a groovy excursion into funk, Latin beats and jazz. 2. Brown: Warm Blooded (7:22). Nightclub atmospheric jazz, with flugelhorn. 3. Brown: The Wrong Jacket (7:55). Traveling music, with Paquito joining. 4. Pixinguinha: Lamentos (6:25) Charming, melodic, up-tempo Samba dance number, with interspersed Bossa Nova swing 5. Brown: Elektric (8:59). Dedicated to Chic Corea. Flashy piano intro, dissonant West, then Middle East flavor, hot horn licks, piano-percussion dialogue, all join, percussion stars into the fade. 6. Brown: Waltz (3:45). Quiet, slow. Couples sway on the dance floor, late night in a smoky basement club. 7. Brown: Buleria (8:48). A dance style of Cadiz, Spain, with improvisations by all in turn. 8. Brown: Leaving (8:04). Cuban Danzon rhythm. 9. Porter: Just One of Those Things (6:07). Complex, funky arrangement. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Prologue | 5. | Elektric | |||
| 2. | Warm Blooded | 6. | Waltz | |||
| 3. | The Wrong Jacket | 7. | Buleria | |||
| 4. | Lamentos | 8. | Leaving | |||
| 9. | Just One Of Those Things | |||||