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Kneebody / Line, The
Album:Line, The Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kneebody Added:Dec 2013
Label:Concord Jazz, Inc. 

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Add Date:2013-12-12 Pull Date:2014-02-21 Charts:Jazz
Week Ending:Feb 16Feb 9Feb 2Jan 26Jan 19Jan 12Dec 29Dec 15
Airplays:12222111

 Recent Airplay
1.Jun 13, 2014:No Cover, No Minimum
Lowell
4.Feb 06, 2014:Rebop
Cha-Cha
2.Feb 15, 2014:Music Casserole
The Line
5.Feb 01, 2014:Music Casserole
The Line
3.Feb 07, 2014:No Cover, No Minimum
Lowell
6.Jan 31, 2014:No Cover, No Minimum
Cha-Cha

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-12-08 
KNEEBODY: The Line
Concord, 2013

MODERN JAZZ-ROCK – This inventive quintet really stays on its toes, rarely settling into any groove or mood for more than a minute or two. They hop from indie-rock style jamming to edgy beats to complex interplay, all within a grimy, greasy, but very fresh sound.

Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11

1. 4:42 – gritty midtempo chugger: dirty keyboard, hard drums, relaxed horns
2. 5:08 – odd, percolating march: horn counterpoint, guitar moan in middle
3. 6:24 – intersecting straight lines switch to locomotive fusion groove
4. 5:29 – slow trudge, ensemble stays close together; open, moody middle
5. 4:51 – uptempo, tight spirals: lively trumpet & sax breaks, flaring keyboard
6. 6:23 – heavy, dragging rock sound; guitar-like keys get trippy in the middle
7. 1:26 – atmospheric, improvised interlude… sets up #8
8. 3:20 – slow trudge, spare sound, climbs a very long hill
9. 5:25 – tense intro, quick beat evolves into a churning groove, buzzing sax
10. 4:20 – moody midtempo, a stripped down sound, opens up and contracts
11. 5:29 – slow horn flow vs jittery beat: gradually blossoms, gets spacey
12. 4:34 – thick instrumental rock, pulls itself up briefly, then collapses

[ Fo ] - 8 December 2013

Track Listing
1.Lowell 7.E And E
2.Cha-Cha 8.Pushed Away
3.Trite 9.Work Hard, Play Hard, Towel Hard
4.Sleeveless 10.Greenblatt
5.Still Play 11.What Was
6.The Line 12.Ready Set Go