Acute Inflections / Brave, The
Album: Brave, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Acute Inflections   Added:Jan 2018
Label:Self Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-01-30 Pull Date: 2018-04-03 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 1 Mar 11 Mar 4 Feb 25
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 30, 2018: Traditions
Kiss
3. Mar 03, 2018: the acupuncture hour of music
Kiss
2. Mar 09, 2018: Traditions
Over The Rainbow
4. Feb 19, 2018: Emergency Crew 4 PACC
Kiss

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-01-24
Reviewed: 2018-01-24
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: ambitious and challenging: a voice with a bass. The sparse instrumentation and a soulful, caressing pitch of the vocals seduce the listener on this short set. I especially liked the Prince cover.
If You Like: Betty Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ L-O-V-E (2:56) – bass starts> uptempo song> quick fade
2/ Latch (5:56) – bass starts> midtempo song> bass & scat duet> midtempo song> fade on vocal
**3/ Kiss (5:57) – bass stutters> midtempo song> bass solo> midtempo song> fade on vocal
*4/ Back To Black (7:25) - bass starts slow with walking sound> slow song builds to midtempo song, then slows to fade
5/ No Ordinary Love (6:27) – vocal starts> slow song> builds to midtempo & fades
6/ The Star-Spangled Banner “The Brave” (2:55) – vocal/bass starts> slow tempo song> fade on vocal
*7/ Over The Rainbow (4:00) – bass starts> slow tempo song> bass solo swings to midtempo> midtempo song> fade on vocal

Track Listing
1. L-O-V-E   4. Back To Black
2. Latch   5. No Ordinary Love
3. Kiss   6. The Star Spangled Banner
  7. Over The Rainbow