Weidman, James / Spiritual Impressions
| Album: | Spiritual Impressions | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Weidman, James | Added: | Jan 2018 | |
| Label: | Inner Circle Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-01-30 | Pull Date: | 2018-04-03 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 1 |
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| Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 30, 2018: | Traditions
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho |
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Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-01-25
Reviewed 2018-01-25
Reviewed: 2018-01-25
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: long time sideman & keyboardist Weidman returns with a set of gospel tunes set to straight ahead jazz. He is paying homage to music that grew out of the slave system in the American South. He has a terrific quartet and a female vocalist. You don’t have to religious to dig it.
If you Like: McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Carmen McCrae
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel (6:06) - drums start> funky midtempo jam> midtempo song> swinging piano solo> sax solo> crescendo end & a note
*2/ Deep River (7:19) – piano starts> slow song> short flute solo> slow song> piano solo> flute solo> song> false stop> song> fade
3/ No Hiding Place (4:34) – drums/melodica starts> slow song swings to midtempo> fade
4/ Prelude To Freedom (Troubles Waters) (1:23) – sax starts> short midtempo instrumental jam> fade
*5/ Wade In The Water (5:41) – drums/bass starts> midtempo jam swings into uptempo song> organ solo> drum solo> bass solo> song> fade & crescendo end
6/ Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen (5:12) – piano starts> midtempo song> piano solo> song & fade on vocal
*7/ Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (6:21) – piano starts> uptempo jam> uptempo song> piano solo> song> sax solo> song> quick stop
8/ You Hear The Lamb A Cryin’ (7:19) – drums start> slow chant slides into slow song> flute solo> piano solo> slow song> fade on vocal
*9/ African Spirals (6:37) – drums start. Uptempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade
10/ Let My People Go (5:36) – drums start> uptempo jam> uptempo song> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo song> quick stop
*11/ Walk Together, Children (4:35) – slow tempo piano solo swings to midtempo> quick stop
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: long time sideman & keyboardist Weidman returns with a set of gospel tunes set to straight ahead jazz. He is paying homage to music that grew out of the slave system in the American South. He has a terrific quartet and a female vocalist. You don’t have to religious to dig it.
If you Like: McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Carmen McCrae
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel (6:06) - drums start> funky midtempo jam> midtempo song> swinging piano solo> sax solo> crescendo end & a note
*2/ Deep River (7:19) – piano starts> slow song> short flute solo> slow song> piano solo> flute solo> song> false stop> song> fade
3/ No Hiding Place (4:34) – drums/melodica starts> slow song swings to midtempo> fade
4/ Prelude To Freedom (Troubles Waters) (1:23) – sax starts> short midtempo instrumental jam> fade
*5/ Wade In The Water (5:41) – drums/bass starts> midtempo jam swings into uptempo song> organ solo> drum solo> bass solo> song> fade & crescendo end
6/ Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen (5:12) – piano starts> midtempo song> piano solo> song & fade on vocal
*7/ Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (6:21) – piano starts> uptempo jam> uptempo song> piano solo> song> sax solo> song> quick stop
8/ You Hear The Lamb A Cryin’ (7:19) – drums start> slow chant slides into slow song> flute solo> piano solo> slow song> fade on vocal
*9/ African Spirals (6:37) – drums start. Uptempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade
10/ Let My People Go (5:36) – drums start> uptempo jam> uptempo song> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo song> quick stop
*11/ Walk Together, Children (4:35) – slow tempo piano solo swings to midtempo> quick stop
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