Bertrand, David / Palmyra & Other Places
Album:Palmyra & Other Places Collection:Jazz
Artist:Bertrand, David Added:Feb 2018
Label:Blujazz Productions 

A-File Activity
Add Date:2018-03-06 Pull Date:2018-05-08 Charts:Jazz
Week Ending:May 6Apr 22Mar 18
Airplays:111

Recent Airplay
1.Feb 21, 2022:Sound Landscapes (rebroadcast from Mar 15, 2018)
Solar
4.Apr 20, 2018:Old Fart at Play
Solar
2.May 11, 2018:Traditions
South 1st
5.Mar 15, 2018:Sound Landscapes
Solar
3.May 05, 2018:Music Casserole
Wood Slave

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-03-01 
Reviewed: 2018-03-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Bertrand plays multiple flutes and bass clarinet in a number of NYC based groups. Here on his first album as a leader, he integrates the rhythms of his native Trinidad’s folkloric traditions with modern jazz and the results are beautiful
If You Like: Joe Farrell, Baden Powell
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Lexington 63rd (5:12) – flute starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> rocking flute solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Fire Island (7:38) – flute starts> midtempo jam> gorgeous flute solo> guitar solo> slow fade
3/ Solar (3:25) – flute starts>midtempo jam> guitar solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*4/ Claude’s Nariva (6:54) – drums/flute starts> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> slow jam> slow fade
*5/ South 1st (7:29) – flute starts> uptempo jam> flute solo> uptemo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade
6/ Storms & Mountains (6:37) – flute starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> guitar solo> flute solo> midtempo jam> fade
*7/ Wood slave (7:41) – bass starts> midtempo jam> swinging flute solo> guitar solo> drum/bass duet> quick stop
*8/ Palmyra (6:24) – flute starts uptempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> quick stop

Track Listing
1.Lexington 63rd 5.South 1st
2.Fire Islad 6.Storm & Mountains
3.Solar 7.Wood Slave
4.Claude's Nariva 8.Palmyra