Unloved
Jazz
| Nov 2017
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-11-29
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
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
Lucid Lightning: Power Hour — Jan 11, 2018
Sleepwalker
Old Fart at Play — Dec 30, 2017
Sleepwalker
No Cover, No Minimum — Dec 21, 2017
Ula
At the Cafe Bohemian — Dec 13, 2017
Echoes, Unloved
Cardinal Importance — Dec 10, 2017
Ula
Old Fart at Play — Dec 09, 2017
Charting
2017-12-03 — 2018-02-04
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| 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 |