Unloved

Obara, Maciej Quartet
Ecm Records
Jazz | Nov 2017

Reviews

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-11-29
Reviewed: 2017-11-29
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: stellar modern jazz led by alto saxophonist Obara. This is his 9th album and his first on ECM. The quartet plays with one mind, but the individual synapses fire in many directions.
If You Like: Jan Garbarek, Chris Potter
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Ula (6:57) - sax starts> dreamy slow tempo soundscape> piano solo> sax solo> jam> false stop> jam > slow fade
*2/ One For (6:17) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> lovely piano solo> sow fade
3/ Joli Bord (5:52) - cymbals start> slow rempo jam> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
*4/ Unloved (7:16) - lovely piano starts> slow tempo jam bilds to midtempo> soaring sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*5/ Sleepwalker (6:43) - piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo swings into uptempo jam> quick stop
*6/ Echoes (9:11) - piano starts> slow tempo jam? piano solo swings uptempo> blistering sax solo swings into fast tempo> piano solo> fast jam> slows to fade
7/ Storyteller (6:16) - sax starts> slow tempo jam builds in intensity> piano solo> soaring sax solo> slow jam & fade

Recent airplay

Echoes
Sleepwalker
Old Fart at PlayDec 30, 2017
Sleepwalker
No Cover, No MinimumDec 21, 2017
Ula
At the Cafe BohemianDec 13, 2017
Echoes, Unloved
Cardinal ImportanceDec 10, 2017
Ula
Old Fart at PlayDec 09, 2017

Charting

2017-12-03 — 2018-02-04 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jan 14 1
Dec 31 1
Dec 24 1
Dec 17 2
Dec 10 1

Track listing

1. Ula
2. One For
3. Joli Bord
4. Unloved
5. Sleepwalker
6. Echoes
7. Storyteller