Uptown Downtown
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-09-21
Reviewed 2017-09-21
Reviewed: 2017-09-21
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: after 20 years together, this trio is just hitting their stride. Here their chemistry is on full display. Impeccable playing with a touch of whimsy thrown in, outstanding solos. All covers taken to new heights.
If You Like: Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Dick Hyman
Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Curtains (7:00) - piano starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo, then swings uptempo> quick stop 2/ piano starts> slow tempo & meditative> slow fade *3/ strutting piano starts> midtempo jam> soaring piano solo> quick stop *4/ piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> quick stop *5/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> piano solo swings to midtempo and slows again> slow tempo jam> slow fade 6/ piano starts> midtempo jam> quick stop *7/ piano starts> uptempo jam> lightning fast piano solo> crescendo end 8/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> bass solo> slow jam> slow fade *9/ piano solo starts slow, swings to midtempo, then settles into midtempo off-kilter & stops
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: after 20 years together, this trio is just hitting their stride. Here their chemistry is on full display. Impeccable playing with a touch of whimsy thrown in, outstanding solos. All covers taken to new heights.
If You Like: Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Dick Hyman
Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Curtains (7:00) - piano starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo, then swings uptempo> quick stop 2/ piano starts> slow tempo & meditative> slow fade *3/ strutting piano starts> midtempo jam> soaring piano solo> quick stop *4/ piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> quick stop *5/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> piano solo swings to midtempo and slows again> slow tempo jam> slow fade 6/ piano starts> midtempo jam> quick stop *7/ piano starts> uptempo jam> lightning fast piano solo> crescendo end 8/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> bass solo> slow jam> slow fade *9/ piano solo starts slow, swings to midtempo, then settles into midtempo off-kilter & stops
Recent airplay
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Uptown, Downtown
Music Casserole — Jan 15, 2022
Uptown, Downtown
No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Nov 23, 2017) — Jan 06, 2022
Uptown, Downtown
No Cover, No Minimum — Nov 23, 2017
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Talk — Oct 24, 2017
Sophisticated Lady
No Cover, No Minimum — Oct 19, 2017
Curtains
Rebop — Sep 29, 2017
Charting
2017-09-27 — 2017-11-29
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 26 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Curtains | ||
| 2. | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | ||
| 3. | Uptown, Downtown | ||
| 4. | The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else | ||
| 5. | I'm All Smiles | ||
| 6. | There's A Small Hotel | ||
| 7. | Satellite | ||
| 8. | Bon Ami | ||
| 9. | Sophisticated Lady |