| Quartet San Francisco / Pacific Premiers |
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| Album: | Pacific Premiers | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Quartet San Francisco | Added: | Jan 2015 | |
| Label: | Violinjazz | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-01-09 | Pull Date: | 2015-03-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 14, 2016: | Moonlight Impressions Contemplation | 4. | Feb 28, 2015: | Music Casserole Resolution, Contemplation | |
| 2. | Oct 24, 2015: | Sunlight Sketches Guamba | 5. | Feb 26, 2015: | Moonlight Impressions Carmel | |
| 3. | Mar 04, 2015: | Mix Tape on the Fly Venice | 6. | Feb 23, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Guamba |
| Album Review |
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| DeVoss Reviewed 2015-01-13 | ||
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– General Description: Top notch string quartet strutting and playing truly swinging jazz and then thoughtful, questioning motives. Completely worth adding to any instrumental program that focuses on modern accessible composition (meaning it's not 12 tone non-memorable strands of sound). Echoes of all sorts of string styles and loads of fun. You would want to sing along at times if there were any words. It's got jazz with no bass or drummer. – Musicians: Jeremy Cohen - violin Mathew Szemela - violin Chad Kaltinger - viola Kelley Maulbetsch - cello – FCC Compliant: YES – Recommended Tracks: all of them, but especially 11, then 3, 8, 9 – Track Reviews: 1. (6:26) California Pictures For String Quartet: Oakland - swinging piece, really fun in ways you wouldn't expect 2. (3:30) California Pictures For String Quartet: Carmel - slower and more thoughtful, use of syncopation in legato is hypnotic and lovely 3. **** (7:15) California Pictures For String Quartet: Venice - swinging and jazzy again, holds together as a pseudo show-tuney show off 4. (5:46) Funky Diversions In Three Parts: Mike and Randy - bright and more staccato in feel plus a sliding in aural thought 5. (4:56) Funky Diversions In Three Parts: Towner - slows the pace again with octave handholding under sweet lines above 6. (5:12) Funky Diversions In Three Parts: Maurice White - fast and a bit more dissonant and mountain-style crying in tone 7. **** (8:29) The Bay Is Deep Blue - attentive and fast with percussion on the soundboards, motives swimming relaxed and then tense 8. (3:02) Three Stages For String Quartet: Focus - easy then quick plucking and syncopation with legato above 9. **** ( 3:50) Three Stages For String Quartet: Contemplation - slower and a questioning minor key, sad and throbbing 10. (4:05) Three Stages For String Quartet: Resolution - fast insect fluttering, tense piece 11. ***** (7:56) Guamba - scratchy and then a tango like on a rocking ship, very sexy | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Oakland | 6. | Maurice White | |||
| 2. | Carmel | 7. | The Bay Is Deep Blue | |||
| 3. | Venice | 8. | Focus | |||
| 4. | Mike And Randy | 9. | Contemplation | |||
| 5. | Towner | 10. | Resolution | |||
| 11. | Guamba | |||||