Navigation Without Numbers

Jazz | Sep 2016

Reviews

Tom McCarter
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

Recent airplay

Four Went Down
Old Fart at PlayJan 21, 2017
Hummingbird
RebopNov 18, 2016
Four Went Down
RebopNov 11, 2016
Navigation Without Numbers
Music CasseroleNov 05, 2016
Fulcrum
Clean Copper RadioNov 01, 2016
Tethering Blind
Clean Copper RadioOct 27, 2016

Charting

2016-09-21 — 2016-11-20 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
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