Finlayson, Jonathan & Sicilian Defense / Moment And The Message
| Album: | Moment And The Message | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Finlayson, Jonathan & Sicilian Defense | Added: | Jun 2013 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-06-17 | Pull Date: | 2013-08-19 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 11 | Jul 14 | Jul 7 | Jun 30 | Jun 23 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 23, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
La Bas-Fond |
4. | Jul 04, 2013: | July 4
Lo Haze, Lo Haze |
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| 2. | Aug 08, 2013: | Rebop
Lo Haze |
5. | Jul 04, 2013: | Rebop
Carthage |
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| 3. | Jul 11, 2013: | Rebop
Lo Haze |
6. | Jun 27, 2013: | Rebop
Carthage |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-06-13
Reviewed 2013-06-13
JONATHAN FINLAYSON & SICILIAN DEFENSE: Moment & the Message
Pi, 2013
AVANT-JAZZ – East Bay native Finlayson has established a strong reputation as trumpeter in Steve Coleman’s Five Elements and other cutting-edge projects. Now he makes his debut as leader of a solid, complex quintet. The tunes all share a multi-layered feel, geometric angularity, and hopscotch movement that reflect the chess-inspired band name and also show a lot of Coleman’s rhythmic influence.
Jonathan Finlayson : trumpet
Miles Okazaki : guitar
David Virelles : piano
Keith Witty : bass
Damion Reid : drums
All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 7:42 – 1st half: geometric, chugging, lopsided; 2nd half: slow & brooding
2. 7:54 – steady, sideways movement; switches to a hopping upbeat rhythm
3. 5:43 – careful, analytical: cool guitar/trumpet dialogue, drums take over late
4. 7:10 – cool, intellectual groove, very tricky: long trumpet solo sounds great
5. 5:37 – solo guitar intro; push/pull tension makes it feel folksy yet edgy too
6. 5:56 – solo piano intro; serious but repetitive riff vs. cool round of solos
7. 4:14 – straining to rise: piano and trumpet tug at the cord
8. 12:40 – starts in suspended animation, slow & very sparse; gradually speeds up and then chugs like a heavy machine; good work from all
9. 6:07 – very angular clomping groove: detached trumpet, scurrying piano
[ Fo ] - 13 June 2013
Pi, 2013
AVANT-JAZZ – East Bay native Finlayson has established a strong reputation as trumpeter in Steve Coleman’s Five Elements and other cutting-edge projects. Now he makes his debut as leader of a solid, complex quintet. The tunes all share a multi-layered feel, geometric angularity, and hopscotch movement that reflect the chess-inspired band name and also show a lot of Coleman’s rhythmic influence.
Jonathan Finlayson : trumpet
Miles Okazaki : guitar
David Virelles : piano
Keith Witty : bass
Damion Reid : drums
All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 7:42 – 1st half: geometric, chugging, lopsided; 2nd half: slow & brooding
2. 7:54 – steady, sideways movement; switches to a hopping upbeat rhythm
3. 5:43 – careful, analytical: cool guitar/trumpet dialogue, drums take over late
4. 7:10 – cool, intellectual groove, very tricky: long trumpet solo sounds great
5. 5:37 – solo guitar intro; push/pull tension makes it feel folksy yet edgy too
6. 5:56 – solo piano intro; serious but repetitive riff vs. cool round of solos
7. 4:14 – straining to rise: piano and trumpet tug at the cord
8. 12:40 – starts in suspended animation, slow & very sparse; gradually speeds up and then chugs like a heavy machine; good work from all
9. 6:07 – very angular clomping groove: detached trumpet, scurrying piano
[ Fo ] - 13 June 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Circus | 5. | Tensegrity | |||
| 2. | Lo Haze | 6. | La Bas-Fond | |||
| 3. | Ruy Lopez | 7. | Tyre | |||
| 4. | Carthage | 8. | Fives And Pennies | |||
| 9. | Scaean Gates | |||||