| Blaser, Samuel / Consort In Motion / A Mirror To Machaut |
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| Album: | A Mirror To Machaut | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Blaser, Samuel / Consort In Motion | Added: | Oct 2013 | |
| Label: | Songlines Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-10-31 | Pull Date: | 2014-01-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 29 | Dec 15 | Dec 1 | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 28, 2013: | Music Casserole De Fortune Me Doy Pleindre Et Loer | 4. | Dec 12, 2013: | Rebop Bohemia | |
| 2. | Dec 27, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Color | 5. | Nov 30, 2013: | Music Casserole Bohemia | |
| 3. | Dec 13, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Saltarello | 6. | Nov 29, 2013: | Fight or Flight Bohemia |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2013-10-28 | ||
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SAMUEL BLASER CONSORT IN MOTION: A Mirror to Machaut Songlines, 2013 CHAMBER JAZZ – This quintet is inspired by the music of Guillaume de Machaut, a 14th-century French composer. Four of the pieces are directly adapted from Machaut (2,4,7,11), the rest are essentially new works dripping with melancholy surrealist atmosphere and mystery. Blaser, a trombonist, is the leader but it’s very much a collective effort. All interesting. Fo’s Picks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 1. 7:36 – starts slow & mournful, moves gracefully, becomes edgy in the solos 2. 1:39 – deep bass solo melody, followed by solo clarinet 3. 5:50 – surreal, floating sound: abstract, like a tiptoe through a music box 4. 3:14 – chaotic drums; slightly out-of-sync melody gives it a drunken air 5. 6:17 – a bit of electric Miles Davis in this low, mopey trudge; twisty solos 6. 4:26 – solo piano, very spare… single-note pattern blossoms in the middle 7. 2:15 – the most medieval piece, a marching rhythm with lovely harmony 8. 8:21 – rises from solo bass into a slowly twisting, meandering tune 9. 5:25 – slow pulse vs faster melodic patterns; piano goes out but not for long 10. 6:13 – more slow surrealism, unsettled, becomes active in second half 11. 5:36 – sort of suspended march flirts with psych, settles into the melody [ Fo ] - 28 October 2013 | ||
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