| Clarke, Stanley / Bireli Lagrene / Jean-Luc Ponty / D-Stringz |
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| Album: | D-Stringz | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Clarke, Stanley / Bireli Lagrene / Jean-Luc Ponty | Added: | 09/2016 | |
| Label: | Impulse Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-10-04 | Pull Date: | 2016-12-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 4 Dec | 27 Nov | 20 Nov | 23 Oct | 16 Oct | 9 Oct |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 03, 2016: | Old Fart at Play Blue Train | 4. | Nov 25, 2016: | Rebop Nuages | |
| 2. | Dec 02, 2016: | Rebop Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | 5. | Nov 16, 2016: | At the Cafe Bohemian Nuages | |
| 3. | Nov 29, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio Childhood Memories | 6. | Nov 15, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio Bit Of Burd, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Nuages |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2016-09-27 | ||
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ECLECTIC JAZZ ON STRINGS Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and bassist Stanley Clarke collaborated 20 years ago on an electric album with Al DiMeola. Now they team up with French guitarist Bireli Lagrene for an acoustic set of mixed originals and standards. RIYL early Return to Forever, Gypsy swing, bossa nova, etc. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 * Mid-fast. Upbeat and peppy, a blend of modern & Gypsy jazz. Exuberant violin. (3:30) 2 Mid-fast. Improvisational and sort of funky. Strong interplay. (6:15) 3 Slow. Ballad sounds grating on violin vs original saxophone. Lovely bass solo. (7:30) 4 ** Fast. Hard driving bebop. Good solos by all. (3:29) 5 * Mid-fast. Django’s famous tune led mainly by the violin. Jaunty, lively. (5:16) 6 Slow. Guitar arpeggios & arco bass intro, then violin & guitar trade improv’d solos. (5:39) 7 Mid-fast. Coltrane classic oddly sped up on violin. Nice walking bass line. (6:17) 8 Slow. A mixed bag. Soft and dreamy, but not especially pleasant. (6:14) 9 * Joe Zawinul wrote this for Cannonball. It’s slower here, but surprisingly good. (6:31) 10 Mid-fast. Light and breezy. Enjoyable, soft jazz. (4:00) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Stretch | 6. | Childhood Memories | |||
| 2. | To And Fro | 7. | Blue Train | |||
| 3. | Too Young To Go Steady | 8. | Paradigm Shift | |||
| 4. | Bit Of Burd | 9. | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | |||
| 5. | Nuages | 10. | One Take |