D-Town Brass / Golden Belt |
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Album: | Golden Belt | Collection: | Out for Review | |
Artist: | D-Town Brass | Added: | 03/2017 | |
Label: | Hog Mob Muzik |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2017-03-15 | Pull Date: | 2017-05-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
Week Ending: | 14 May | 7 May | 16 Apr | 19 Mar |
Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | May 26, 2017: | Rebop Escape Hatch | 4. | May 05, 2017: | Rebop Slippery Monkeys | |
2. | May 19, 2017: | Rebop A Close Call | 5. | Apr 11, 2017: | Sunlight Sketches No Lock, No Key | |
3. | May 12, 2017: | Rebop No Lock, No Key, Same River, Once | 6. | Mar 16, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Slippery Monkeys |
Album Review |
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Be Sharp Reviewed 2017-03-09 | ||
FUNKY BIG-BAND JAZZ Here’s a 15-piece horns ensemble out of Durham, NC, playing with plenty of groove. Instruments include 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, saxes, keys, vibes, drums. Not great, but fun. Instrumental (except #5). No FCC issues. 1 * Mid-fast. Bongo start; alto states a theme; full band follows. (4:26) 2 ** Mid-fast. Bouncy & syncopated. Nicely features vibraphone and perc. (4:20) 3 Mid-tempo. Loose random stuff. As the name implies, doesn’t go anywhere. (4:29) 4 * Mid-tempo. Dense texture of horns. Good sax solo midway. Chaotic toward end. (4:53) 5 ** Mid-tempo. “No lock, no key; open the door,” sung as an intro. Then the horns go off in multiple separate directions for an interesting, wild trip. (2:48) 6 Mid-tempo. Vibes, trumpet & drums to start; then everyone. A bit of incomprehensible vocal. Just ok. (6:30) 7 Fast. Jumbled and hectic (hence the name). Sudden stop. (2:57) 8 * Mid-tempo. Slinky clarinet lead w old-timey feel. Second half is fast, loud, wild. (5:21) 9 Mid-fast. Little melodic fragment goes round & round. Big loud tutti finish. (3:57) |
Track Listing |
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1. | Escape Hatch | 5. | No Lock, No Key | |||
2. | Slippery Monkeys | 6. | Camberwell Carrot | |||
3. | Slideways | 7. | The Hectic Metric | |||
4. | Same River, Once | 8. | A Close Call | |||
9. | Zombie Rag |