| Paster, Bennett / Relentless Pursuit Of The Beautiful |
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| Album: | Relentless Pursuit Of The Beautiful | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Paster, Bennett | Added: | Mar 2013 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-05-27 | Pull Date: | 2013-07-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 28 | Jul 7 | Jun 16 | Jun 9 | Jun 2 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 02, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Scraper | 4. | Jun 14, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Scraper | |
| 2. | Jul 25, 2013: | Rebop Bash Into Spring | 5. | Jun 13, 2013: | Rebop Bash Into Spring | |
| 3. | Jul 04, 2013: | Rebop Bash Into Spring | 6. | Jun 08, 2013: | some voices aloud Endgame, Scraper |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2013-05-22 | ||
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MAINSTREAM JAZZ. A solid group led by pianist, composer, producer Ben Paster plays approachable, contemporary instrumental jazz. Trumpet & tenor sax trade lead most of the time. Piano steps in during the bridge now and then. Bass and drums provide the rhythm. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 * Mid-tempo, easy going toe tapper. Trumpet, piano, sax each take nice long melodic leads. (7:24) 2 Slow, mellow improve. Pleasant, but at this length, gets a bit dreary. (9:20) 3 ** Mid-fast (mostly). Peppy & complex. Excellent ensemble playing. Good bop-ish sax lead. (8:09) 4 Slow piano intro. Once band enters it gathers tempo & force, but never gets very interesting. (7:00) 5 * Mid-slow. Alternating verse & refrain structure. A “cool” 60s movie-theme sound. (7:25) 6 Very slow, late night ballad. A rare bass lead. (6:21) 7 * Fast. Upbeat & exuberant. Good tight playing all ‘round. Strong trumpet, sax, piano solos. (8:15) 8 ** Fast. Most powerful, muscular track. Hard drumming. Breaks mold w more of a challenge. (3:44) 9 * Mid-slow. Mostly group playing. Melodic. Sax & trumpet in unison; shimmer on cymbals. (10:05) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | A Penny For Kenny | 5. | Suspicious Fishes And Quiches | |||
| 2. | Homecoming | 6. | Once Astray | |||
| 3. | Scraper | 7. | Lewinparie | |||
| 4. | Harmonia Mundi | 8. | Endgame | |||
| 9. | Bash Into Spring | |||||