Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
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Fo
Reviewed 2013-02-23
Reviewed 2013-02-23
BEN GOLDBERG: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
BAG Production, 2013
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Ben Goldberg, a top Bay Area clarinetist who’s led or played in a long string of innovative bands, has another great quintet on this inside/outside date. It’s a bit surprising at first to hear mainstream sax star Joshua Redman along for the ride, but he sounds pretty darned comfortable in Goldberg’s oddly-shaped sonic world, an improv-based space colored by blues, klezmer, and swing.
Ben Goldberg : clarinets
Joshua Redman : tenor sax
Ron Miles : trumpet
Devin Hoff : bass
Ches Smith, Scott Amendola : drums
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11
1. 3:55 – relaxed intro skips into a twisty/perky lopsided bounce
2. 5:36 – laid-back bluesy theme, clashing conversation, lumpy bass/drum duo
3. 2:52 – sax/clarinet duo: they spin in close but not identical orbits
4. 4:01 – bright and jaunty with solo space for happy sax & off-kilter drums
5. 4:39 – love the rhythm section & winding sax solo in this slinky march
6. 5:56 – slow drag with nice horn harmony, beefs up to bold, boozy swagger
7. 4:50 – drifting horn trio slips into a brooding & mysterious quintet
8. 7:35 – down-home bluesy feel on this old country tune, with tattered edges
9. 5:52 – meditative bass clarinet leads into an oddball, snappy groove
10. 2:02 – very knotty interlude for the three horns
11. 4:18 – sweet, friendly-sounding tune, from plain simplicity to 5-way improv
[ Fo ] - 23 February 2013
BAG Production, 2013
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Ben Goldberg, a top Bay Area clarinetist who’s led or played in a long string of innovative bands, has another great quintet on this inside/outside date. It’s a bit surprising at first to hear mainstream sax star Joshua Redman along for the ride, but he sounds pretty darned comfortable in Goldberg’s oddly-shaped sonic world, an improv-based space colored by blues, klezmer, and swing.
Ben Goldberg : clarinets
Joshua Redman : tenor sax
Ron Miles : trumpet
Devin Hoff : bass
Ches Smith, Scott Amendola : drums
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11
1. 3:55 – relaxed intro skips into a twisty/perky lopsided bounce
2. 5:36 – laid-back bluesy theme, clashing conversation, lumpy bass/drum duo
3. 2:52 – sax/clarinet duo: they spin in close but not identical orbits
4. 4:01 – bright and jaunty with solo space for happy sax & off-kilter drums
5. 4:39 – love the rhythm section & winding sax solo in this slinky march
6. 5:56 – slow drag with nice horn harmony, beefs up to bold, boozy swagger
7. 4:50 – drifting horn trio slips into a brooding & mysterious quintet
8. 7:35 – down-home bluesy feel on this old country tune, with tattered edges
9. 5:52 – meditative bass clarinet leads into an oddball, snappy groove
10. 2:02 – very knotty interlude for the three horns
11. 4:18 – sweet, friendly-sounding tune, from plain simplicity to 5-way improv
[ Fo ] - 23 February 2013
Recent airplay
Doom
No Cover, No Minimum — Apr 11, 2013
Study Of The Blues
Green Copper Radio — Apr 10, 2013
How To Do Things With Tears
Music Casserole — Apr 06, 2013
Asterisk
minimum entropy iii — Mar 21, 2013
Who Died And Where I Moved To
Music Casserole — Mar 16, 2013
The Because Of
No Cover, No Minimum — Mar 14, 2013
Charting
2013-02-26 — 2013-04-28
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 14 | 2 |
| Apr 7 | 1 |
| Mar 24 | 1 |
| Mar 17 | 3 |
| Mar 10 | 3 |
| Mar 3 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Evolution | ||
| 2. | Ethan's Song | ||
| 3. | Study Of The Blues | ||
| 4. | Doom | ||
| 5. | The Because Of | ||
| 6. | Possible | ||
| 7. | Asterisk | ||
| 8. | Satisfied Mind | ||
| 9. | Who Died And Where I Moved To | ||
| 10. | Lopse | ||
| 11. | How To Do Things With Tears |