Kirby, Steven / Illuminations
Album: Illuminations   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kirby, Steven   Added:Sep 2016
Label:Whaling City Sound  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-09-21 Pull Date: 2016-11-20 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 20 Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30 Sep 25
Airplays: 1 1 2 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 18, 2016: Rebop
Over The Rainbow
4. Nov 01, 2016: Clean Copper Radio
Over The Rainbow
2. Nov 11, 2016: Rebop
Beautiful Rain
5. Oct 27, 2016: Clean Copper Radio
Illuminations, I Hear A Rhapsody
3. Nov 05, 2016: Music Casserole
Last Song
6. Oct 25, 2016: Waste FM
Over The Rainbow

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-11
Kirby, Steven/ Illuminations
Label: whaling city sounds

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-11

Tom McCarter
Kirby, Steven
Illuminations
Genre: Jazz
Fusion jazz with a guitarist who plays several styles well:bop, electric, new age
FCCs: none
If You Like: Kenny Burrell, John McLaughlin, William Ackerman, Weather Report
Favorite Tracks: I Hear a Rhapsody, Beautiful Rain, May the 4ths Be with You,Over the Rainbow, Returning Track Review: 1/ drum start, midtempo jam> bop guitar solo> midtempo jam> quick fade 2/ piano start> slow tempo> swings to fast tempo> everybody solos> slows to midtempo jam & quick fade 3/ piano opens> slow synth jam swings to
uptempo> bop guitar solo> piano solo> uptempo jam with female scat vocal> sudden fade 4/ quiet guitar opens> slow tempo quiet jam> slow fade
5/ uptempo bass starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> bop guitar solo> piano solo> jam builds to crescendo & fades 6/ quiet guitar opens> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> bass solo> slow jam and fade 7/ piano start> sax/uptempo jam> electric guitar solo> sudden end 8/ quiet guitar start> slow tempo to end 9/ quiet guitar start> midtempo jam with female vocal & fade 10/ quiet guitar start> midtempo builds to uptempo 11/ quiet guitar chording start> guitar/piano duet>
builds to crescendo & fades

Track Listing
1. Parabola   6. Slow Circle
2. I Hear A Rhapsody   7. May The 4ths Be With You
3. Illuminations   8. A Luz Das Entradas
4. Beautiful Rain   9. Over The Rainbow
5. Lake Of Stars   10. Returning
  11. Last Song