Weiss, David / Endangered Species: The Music Of Wayne Shorter
| Album: | Endangered Species: The Music Of Wayne Shorter | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Weiss, David | Added: | Oct 2013 | |
| Label: | Motema Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-10-31 | Pull Date: | 2014-01-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 22 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 06, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio
Prometheus Unbound |
4. | Nov 29, 2013: | Fight or Flight
Fall |
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| 2. | Dec 19, 2013: | Rebop
The Turning Gate |
5. | Nov 29, 2013: | No Messy Cover Minimum
The Turning Gate |
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| 3. | Nov 30, 2013: | Music Casserole
Nellie Bly |
6. | Nov 21, 2013: | Rebop
Eva |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-10-28
Reviewed 2013-10-28
DAVID WEISS: Endangered Species—The Music of Wayne Shorter
Motéma, 2013
MODERN BIG BAND – This 12-piece ensemble project, assembled to salute Wayne Shorter in his 80th birthday year, is loaded with top talent: Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Jeremy Pelt and the Strickland twins are just some of the names here. The repertoire focuses on Shorter’s early, hard-bop period, but also nods to his time with Miles Davis in the 1960s (#2) and his more recent, expansive works (#6). One original tune (#4) refers both to Shorter’s funkiness and soprano sax power.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 6
1. 9:49 – swinging big-band bop, solos for trombone/sax/piano/drums
2. 14:29 – flowing version of mysterious modal ballad; wonderful solos from trumpet, tenor sax, piano… and the ensemble sounds great too
3. 8:43 – heavy sound, tart harmony: swings under trombone & alto sax
4. 11:06 – horn counterpoint, extrapolated from a single Shorter phrase; sneaky groove under driving soprano sax & hard-swinging piano
5. 8:45 – relaxed ballad, sumptuously arranged, very fine trumpet solo
6. 14:48 – majestic suite: rich piano fantasy, slow rise, thrusting trumpet, then a calm soprano solo sax heats way up, driving to big ensemble end
[ Fo ] - 28 October 2013
Motéma, 2013
MODERN BIG BAND – This 12-piece ensemble project, assembled to salute Wayne Shorter in his 80th birthday year, is loaded with top talent: Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Jeremy Pelt and the Strickland twins are just some of the names here. The repertoire focuses on Shorter’s early, hard-bop period, but also nods to his time with Miles Davis in the 1960s (#2) and his more recent, expansive works (#6). One original tune (#4) refers both to Shorter’s funkiness and soprano sax power.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 6
1. 9:49 – swinging big-band bop, solos for trombone/sax/piano/drums
2. 14:29 – flowing version of mysterious modal ballad; wonderful solos from trumpet, tenor sax, piano… and the ensemble sounds great too
3. 8:43 – heavy sound, tart harmony: swings under trombone & alto sax
4. 11:06 – horn counterpoint, extrapolated from a single Shorter phrase; sneaky groove under driving soprano sax & hard-swinging piano
5. 8:45 – relaxed ballad, sumptuously arranged, very fine trumpet solo
6. 14:48 – majestic suite: rich piano fantasy, slow rise, thrusting trumpet, then a calm soprano solo sax heats way up, driving to big ensemble end
[ Fo ] - 28 October 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Nellie Bly | 4. | The Turning Gate | |||
| 2. | Fall | 5. | Eva | |||
| 3. | Mr. Jin | 6. | Prometheus Unbound |