Revolutionary Snake Ensemble / Live Snakes |
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Album: | Live Snakes | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Revolutionary Snake Ensemble | Added: | 04/2014 | |
Label: | Accurate Records |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2014-04-18 | Pull Date: | 2014-06-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
Week Ending: | 15 Jun | 8 Jun | 1 Jun | 25 May | 18 May | 11 May | 4 May | 27 Apr |
Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jul 04, 2014: | Rebop Cassandra 4 | 4. | Jun 06, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Caravan | |
2. | Jun 13, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Cassandra 5 | 5. | May 31, 2014: | Music Casserole Parade | |
3. | Jun 08, 2014: | Wolfe Calls I Got It | 6. | May 30, 2014: | The Songsmith Show I'll Fly Away |
Album Review |
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Fo Reviewed 2014-04-17 | ||
REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE: Live Snakes Accurate, 2014 MODERN-JAZZ BRASS BAND – Gotta love this group, which takes the happy/funky New Orleans brass band sound and launches it into postbop and avant-jazz territory. Fear not, the rock-solid drumming keeps the band firmly in the pocket even when the horns get weird and scrungy (which they do a lot), and a great time is had by all. Yippee!! All good stuff. Fo’s picks: 1-6, 12 1. 5:46 – catchy party drum groove: saxes riff and spar against each other 2. 8:00 – sneaky and snaky: winds ‘round a steady beat, trumpet & sax blare 3. 4:17 – old gospel tune stomps into raucous free-jazz & loose ensemble play 4. 3:46 – quick jabbing groove falls apart, returns, saxes box, 2-flute improv 5. 6:41 – effects-heavy bass sets up an exotic, warped version of “Caravan” 6. 4:10 – related to #2, but fast and perky: sax speeds over murky ensemble 7. 7:22 – free improvisation: rises from quiet percussion to spiritual beauty 8. 6:37 – uplifting folk-gospel tune: a friendly feel, then celebratory parade 9. 5:09 – corny old song actually kind of works as a second-line stomp 10. 5:20 – happy-go-lucky, sorta goofy riffing ditty, horns get loose 11. 5:24 – sax skronk and electronic swoops, settles into a sinister sound 12. 5:58 – darkly trippy, fractured horns/electronics over a fast beat [ Fo ] - 17 April 2014 |
Track Listing |
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1. | Parade | 7. | For Karen | |||
2. | Cassandra 4 | 8. | I'll Fly Away | |||
3. | Rock Of Ages | 9. | Que Sera Sera | |||
4. | Slots | 10. | I Got It | |||
5. | Caravan | 11. | Cassandra 4 Remix | |||
6. | Cassandra 5 | 12. | Breakdown Part 1 |