Kiermyer, Franklin  / Closer To The Sun
Album: Closer To The Sun   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kiermyer, Franklin    Added:Nov 2016
Label:Mobility Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-02-15 Pull Date: 2017-04-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 16 Apr 9 Apr 2 Mar 26 Mar 12 Mar 5
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 20, 2022: At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Mar 1, 2017)
Greetings To Pharoah
4. Apr 14, 2017: Rebop
Ota Benga
2. Feb 18, 2022: At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Mar 1, 2017)
Greetings To Pharoah
5. Apr 07, 2017: Rebop
Unified Space-Time, Greetings To Pharoah
3. Apr 28, 2017: Rebop
Unified Space-Time
6. Apr 06, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Mixed Blood

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-12-02
Kiermyer, Franklin  / Closer To The Sun
Label: BC Records

Tom McCarter
Reviewed: 2016-11-30

Tom McCarter
Kiermyer, Franklin 
Closer To The Sun
Genre: Jazz
Review: talented drummer returns after 12 years with a stellar set of contemporary jazz, with the drums prominently out in front as another lead instrument
FCCs: none
If You Like: Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette
Favorite Tracks: (1) Greetings to Pharoah (3) Ota benga (5) Song for My Daughters (7) The Soul Train (13) Humanity
Track Review: 1/ piano starts> midtempo jam> fade 2/ drum solo start> free blowing uptempo jam> quick fade 3/ srums/ piano starts> uptempo jam> fade 4/ piano starts. uptempo jam> drum solo> jam> quick fade 5/ piano starts> midtempo jam builds in intensity> fade 6/ bass starts> fast tempo jam> bass solo> brief jam> quick end
7/ bass starts> slow tempo jam builds to uptempo>
fade 8/ uptempo jam> slow fade 9/ percussion starts> midtempo jam> quick stop 10/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade 11/ drums/sax starts> uptempo jam> quick stop 12/ drums start> free blowing uptempo jam> quick stop 13/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Greetings To Pharoah   7. The Soul Train
2. Unified Space-Time   8. Prayer
3. Ota Benga   9. Emancipation Proclamation
4. Grace   10. For Arthur Rhames
5. Song For My Daughters   11. Mixed Blood
6. Heliocentric   12. Closer To The Sun
  13. Humanity