Navigation Without Numbers
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-13
Reviewed 2016-09-13
Hurd, George/ Navigation Without Numbers
Label: innova
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-13
Tom McCarter
Hurd, George
Navigation Without Numbers
Genre: Jazz
Genius. Electronic/acoustic jazz that constantly shifts and consistently engages. Heads up, cello lovers! Kind of like acoustic mid-‘70s King Crimson.
FCCs: none
Fred Frith, Quartet Music, Nels Cline, Omar Sosa
Favorite Tracks: Four Went Down, Padca, Locked In Place, Tower of Babel, Hummingbird
Track Review: 1/ spacey start> midtempo jam> sudden end 2/ spacey start> Slow tempo jam> cello/piano duet> space jam> slow fade 3/ spacey start with reverse notes & cello> uptrmpo percussion> fade 4/ slow heavy space jam>
percussion/violin duet> melody shift uptempo> quick fade 5/ piano/percussion/ vibes starts (pretty)> shifts to midtempo jam> crescendo & fade 6/ spacey start> midtempo heavy jam> quick fade 7/ plucked string intro> midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ uptempo cello/piano starts> uptempo jam> quick end 9/ spacey start> cello/reverse notes> vibes/strings midtempo jam with percussion 10/ percussion/vibes start> Japanese feel (precision taiko-like percussion)> midtempo jam> quick fade
11/ midtempo jam> slow fade
Label: innova
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-13
Tom McCarter
Hurd, George
Navigation Without Numbers
Genre: Jazz
Genius. Electronic/acoustic jazz that constantly shifts and consistently engages. Heads up, cello lovers! Kind of like acoustic mid-‘70s King Crimson.
FCCs: none
Fred Frith, Quartet Music, Nels Cline, Omar Sosa
Favorite Tracks: Four Went Down, Padca, Locked In Place, Tower of Babel, Hummingbird
Track Review: 1/ spacey start> midtempo jam> sudden end 2/ spacey start> Slow tempo jam> cello/piano duet> space jam> slow fade 3/ spacey start with reverse notes & cello> uptrmpo percussion> fade 4/ slow heavy space jam>
percussion/violin duet> melody shift uptempo> quick fade 5/ piano/percussion/ vibes starts (pretty)> shifts to midtempo jam> crescendo & fade 6/ spacey start> midtempo heavy jam> quick fade 7/ plucked string intro> midtempo jam> slow fade 8/ uptempo cello/piano starts> uptempo jam> quick end 9/ spacey start> cello/reverse notes> vibes/strings midtempo jam with percussion 10/ percussion/vibes start> Japanese feel (precision taiko-like percussion)> midtempo jam> quick fade
11/ midtempo jam> slow fade
Recent airplay
Four Went Down
Old Fart at Play — Jan 21, 2017
Hummingbird
Rebop — Nov 18, 2016
Four Went Down
Rebop — Nov 11, 2016
Navigation Without Numbers
Music Casserole — Nov 05, 2016
Fulcrum
Clean Copper Radio — Nov 01, 2016
Tethering Blind
Clean Copper Radio — Oct 27, 2016
Charting
2016-09-21 — 2016-11-20
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 20 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | 2 |
| Oct 30 | 1 |
| Oct 23 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Four Went Down | ||
| 2. | Padca | ||
| 3. | The Great Magnet | ||
| 4. | Navigation Without Numbers | ||
| 5. | Fulcrum | ||
| 6. | Flux | ||
| 7. | Locked In Place | ||
| 8. | Tethering Blind | ||
| 9. | Tower Of Babel | ||
| 10. | Hummingbird | ||
| 11. | All Falling Apart |