| Stronen, Thomas & Time Is A Blind Guide / Lucus |
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| Album: | Lucus | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Stronen, Thomas & Time Is A Blind Guide | Added: | Feb 2018 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-02-23 | Pull Date: | 2018-04-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 22 | Apr 8 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 29, 2021: | Old Fart at Play (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2018) Friday | 4. | Apr 28, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Truth Grows Gradually | |
| 2. | Jun 16, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Lucus | 5. | Apr 28, 2018: | Music Casserole Fugitive Places | |
| 3. | Jun 15, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Friday | 6. | Apr 20, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Friday |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2018-02-10 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-02-10 Genre: Jazz FCCS: none Review: Drummer Stronen leads a gorgeous outing, with his quintet wonderfully incorporating stringed instruments into the improvisations, and the results are radiant. If You Like: Paul Motion, Danny Gottlieb, Kronos Quartet, Anja Lechner, David Darling Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ La Bella (4:26) – violincello starts> midtempo jam> slow fade *2/ Friday (4:08) – violincello starts> slow jam swings to midtempo & soars into the universe> fade 3/ Release (5:48) – violincello starts> slow jam with interesting counterpoint> space jam> plucked bass solo> slow fade *4/ Lucus (3:49) – piano starts> midtempo jam> slow fade 5/ Fugitive Places (7:17) – violincello starts> slow jam> slow fade 6/ Baka (2:09) – piano starts> slow & plodding, joined by strings> slow jam> slow fade *7/ Wednesday (5:12) – drums start, loud & dramatic> heavy chords like a march> false stop> melody shift to midtempo Jam with percussive vibe> slides into beautiful melody lead by violin> percussive jam> fade *8/ Tension (6:33) – bass starts> slow jam with repetitive riff slides into beautiful melody> piano solo>midtempo jam> fade *9/ Truth Grows Gradually (4:30) – violincello starts> midtempo jam> violincello solo> piano solo> quick stop *10/ Islay (4:04) – drums start> midtempo jam with percussive vibe> slow fade *11/ Weekend (4:47) – violincello starts> slow beautiful melody segues into percussive midtempo jam> quick stop | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | La Bella | 6. | Baka | |||
| 2. | Friday | 7. | Wednesday | |||
| 3. | Release | 8. | Tension | |||
| 4. | Lucus | 9. | Truth Grows Gradually | |||
| 5. | Fugitive Places | 10. | Islay | |||
| 11. | Weekend | |||||