Hempton, Nick / Odd Man Out
| Album: | Odd Man Out | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hempton, Nick | Added: | Sep 2013 | |
| Label: | Posi-Tone | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-09-15 | Pull Date: | 2013-11-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 | Oct 27 | Oct 20 | Oct 13 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 06, 2022: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Nov 23, 2017)
Nights And Mornings |
4. | Nov 15, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Five Ways Through Harsimus Cove |
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| 2. | Nov 23, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Nights And Mornings |
5. | Nov 09, 2013: | Music Casserole
The Slip |
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| 3. | Nov 15, 2013: | Fight or Flight
The Slip |
6. | Nov 08, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Fifth Floor Run-Up |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-09-15
Reviewed 2013-09-15
NICK HEMPTON: Odd Man Out
Posi-Tone, 2013
STRAIGHTAHEAD JAZZ – Sax man with a big tone, leading a solid quartet (or quintet on some tracks, with Michael Dease on trombone). Mostly original tunes, but all have a classic sound, several with a film-noir or crime-movie air about them. Many of the tunes swing hard, and Hempton’s punchy approach gives them all a certain swagger. Nice work; this is a very listenable set from start to finish.
All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
1. 4:45 – medium swinger: alto sax blows strong, trombone digs into it
2. 5:45 – sneaky intro, then laid back tenor sax, energy builds up & falls back
3. 4:37 – upbeat 12-bar blues swinger: tenor rolls over snappy rhythm
4. 5:25 – lovely Ellingtonian ballad gets a hard edge… just sax & piano
5. 6:38 – sneaky slide: bluesy tenor & muted trombone, a hint of crime-jazz
6. 4:56 – bustling bop with a spiraling bridge: trombone & sax eat it up
7. 5:58 – noir ballad, nice & lazy with a greasy alto sound, elegant piano
8. 7:43 – low, snappy groove: tight horns in the theme, nice bluesy solos
9. 5:33 – aftermath of a bike crash… slowly assembles into march, samba
10. 6:48 – noir ballad, late-night in the big bad city: good piano & sax breaks
11. 5:57 – a western cowpoke bassline lightens up this relaxed blues
[ Fo ] - 15 September 2013
Posi-Tone, 2013
STRAIGHTAHEAD JAZZ – Sax man with a big tone, leading a solid quartet (or quintet on some tracks, with Michael Dease on trombone). Mostly original tunes, but all have a classic sound, several with a film-noir or crime-movie air about them. Many of the tunes swing hard, and Hempton’s punchy approach gives them all a certain swagger. Nice work; this is a very listenable set from start to finish.
All quite good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
1. 4:45 – medium swinger: alto sax blows strong, trombone digs into it
2. 5:45 – sneaky intro, then laid back tenor sax, energy builds up & falls back
3. 4:37 – upbeat 12-bar blues swinger: tenor rolls over snappy rhythm
4. 5:25 – lovely Ellingtonian ballad gets a hard edge… just sax & piano
5. 6:38 – sneaky slide: bluesy tenor & muted trombone, a hint of crime-jazz
6. 4:56 – bustling bop with a spiraling bridge: trombone & sax eat it up
7. 5:58 – noir ballad, nice & lazy with a greasy alto sound, elegant piano
8. 7:43 – low, snappy groove: tight horns in the theme, nice bluesy solos
9. 5:33 – aftermath of a bike crash… slowly assembles into march, samba
10. 6:48 – noir ballad, late-night in the big bad city: good piano & sax breaks
11. 5:57 – a western cowpoke bassline lightens up this relaxed blues
[ Fo ] - 15 September 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Nice Crackle | 6. | Fifth Floor Run-Up | |||
| 2. | Five Ways Through Harsimus Cove | 7. | Nights And Mornings | |||
| 3. | The Winnie Blues | 8. | The Slip | |||
| 4. | Day Dream | 9. | A Bicycle Accident | |||
| 5. | The Set-Up | 10. | Streetlight Lament | |||
| 11. | Blue Shadows | |||||