Beauty Within

Branker, Anthony & Imagine
Origin Records
Jazz | Aug 2016

Reviews

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-08-20
Branker, Anthony & Imagine/ Beauty Within
Label: Origin

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-08-19

Tom McCarter
Branker, Anthony & Imagine
Beauty Within
Genre: Jazz
Everything but the kitchen sink! These guys are all over the map with a variety of styles, but all played well: bop, free jazz, ECM. Branker is actually the composer.
FCCs: none
If You Like: John Coltane, Jan Garbarek, Thelonious Monk, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin
Favorite Tracks: Beauty Within, Many Roads Beneath the Sky,
People Everywhere
Track Review:
1/ hard bop transitions to ECM transitions to Mahavisnu-like free jazz, sounds like Monk jamming with Roland Kirk 2/ slow bass solo starts>
ECM jam> increases in tempo & intensity> slow fade 3/ piano start into midtempo jam with sax leading, wild piano solo transitions to slow jam
4/ heavy piano chords solo (short) 5/ midtempo atonal jam 6/ piano/bass Start, great sax & guitar solos> slow fade 7/ piano trio jam 8/ uptempo jam, sudden end 9/ piano starts, midtempo jam> slow jam

Recent airplay

Many Roads Beneath The Sky
Waste FMOct 25, 2016
Beauty Within
RebopOct 21, 2016
Many Roads Beneath The Sky, (We Are) What We Are Not Yet, Prelude To Wisdom (Fabian's Improvisation)
People Everywhere
A Show Has No NameSep 27, 2016
Beauty Within
test patternsSep 10, 2016
Joy
Music CasseroleSep 10, 2016

Charting

2016-08-21 — 2016-10-23 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 23 2
Oct 2 1
Sep 11 2
Sep 4 1
Aug 28 2

Track listing

1. Joy
2. Beauty Within
3. Loving Day (June 12)
4. Prelude To Wisdom (Fabian's Improvisation)
5. (We Are) What We Are Not Yet
6. Many Roads Beneath The Sky
7. Grace
8. People Everywhere
9. (God's) Wisdom