Fujiyama, Yuko / Night Wave |
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Album: | Night Wave | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Fujiyama, Yuko | Added: | Mar 2018 | |
Label: | Innova Recordings |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2018-04-13 | Pull Date: | 2018-06-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
Week Ending: | Jun 17 | May 6 | Apr 22 |
Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jun 29, 2021: | Old Fart at Play (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2018) Up Tempo | 4. | Jun 15, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Up Tempo | |
2. | Jun 16, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Indignation | 5. | May 01, 2018: | Hot Probs Woven Colors | |
3. | Jun 16, 2018: | Music Casserole Night Wave | 6. | Apr 20, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Indignation |
Album Review |
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Tom McCarter Reviewed 2018-04-05 | ||
Reviewed: 2018-04-05 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: All in all, this is a highly successful recording, with four musicians that are palpably in sympathy with Yuko Fujiyama’s vision, but strong enough in their own right to play equal parts in a vibrant playground of creative music making. There are little poetic texts given to each track in the foldout sleeve as a descriptive clue to what’s going on in each, but the music always tells its own story and you can allow your associations free rein. If You Like: Cedar Walton, Omar Sosa, Matthew Shipp Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Woven Colors (3:18) – uptempo piano solo with intermittent heavy chords> quick stop *2/ Up Tempo (9:38) – 3/ Romance (1:50) – *4/ Clash (1:00) – piano starts> slow jam with long drawn-out notes>midtempo jam with cello> quick stop *5/ Premonition (3:09) – piano starts> slow contemplative jam> stop *6/ Indignation (3:02) – piano starts> slow hesitating jam swings to fast tempo>quick stop 7/ Fireworks (1:18) – cello starts spacey> hesitating jam> quick stop 8/ Beyond The Soun/ d (6:41) – percussion starts with intermittent beats> slow as molasses jam with random instruments appearing> stop *9/ Waltz Of The Shadows (1:11) – piano starts> slow short waltz> quick stop 10/ Autumn Whispers (2:53) – almost silent for :50> slow plodding piano duetwith drums> quick stop *11/ Floating On A Breeze (2;19) – flugelhorn starts> slow duet with piano> quick stop 12/ Leap (2:00) – leap to loud off-kilter back & forth betweEn drums/piano/flugelhorn> quick stop 13/ Starlight (1:14) – piano starts> slow jam> quick stop *14/ Night Wave (7;58) – piano starts> slow jam builds in volume & intensity, then quiets> violin duet with tympani rolling in the background> tympani solo> slow jam rolls in waves> swings up & back in volume> fade *15/ Tale Of The Old Tree (2:55) – cornet starts like a crying voice> slow duet with piano – like a conversation> quick fade |
Track Listing |
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1. | Woven Colors | 8. | Beyond The Sound | |||
2. | Up Tempo | 9. | Waltz Of The Shadows | |||
3. | Romance | 10. | Autumn Whispers | |||
4. | Clash | 11. | Floating On A Breeze | |||
5. | Premonition | 12. | Leap | |||
6. | Indignation | 13. | Starlight | |||
7. | Fireworks | 14. | Night Wave | |||
15. | Tale Of The Old Tree |