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Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-06-01
Reviewed 2018-06-01
Reviewed: 2018-05-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Fuller returns after a 6-year absence filled with touring & teaching. This talented jazz composer, arranger, alto and soprano saxophonist, and Berklee educator creates a wide range of engaging performances with her multitalented group. She possesses a beautiful, luminous tone; stunning technique; and highly-imaginative ideas on both of her horns, while surrounding herself with master musicians in a very empathetic musical group settings, including here by two Hall of Fame musicians: drummer Jack DeJohnette, plus double bassist Dave Holland
If You Like: john Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ In The Trenches (6:17) – piano/drums start> uptempo jam> soaring sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> bass/drums duet> uptempo jam> quick fade
2/ Save Your Love For (5:37) - bass solo> slow jam> sinewy sax solo> slow fade
*3/ I Love You (6:21) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*4/ Queen Intuition (5:58) – sax starts slow and hesitant> slow jam> interesting interplay between instruments & combos intersecting> sax solo> guitar solo> slow cascading jam> quick stop
5/ Joe’n Around (4:13) – sax starts> midtempo hesitant jam swings uptempo & rocking> quick fade
*6/ Crowns Of Grey (5:53) – sultry sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> bass solo> slow jam> slow fade
7/ The Coming (6:56) – percussion starts> midtempo quirky jam> sax/bass duet> midtempo jam> sax solo> organ solo> slow jam> slow fade> percussion jam to end
8/ Soul Eyes (5:39) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sizzling sax solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
9/ Delight (5:00) – sax solo> midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam> fade
*10/ Fury Of A Da’mond (3:56) – sax starts> spirited uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam slows to slow jam> false stop> quick jam & stop
*11/ Tears Of Santa Barbara (4:22) – bowed bass starts> slow jam> sax solo to fade
*12/ Joe’n Around (alternate take) (3:07) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sweltering sax solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Fuller returns after a 6-year absence filled with touring & teaching. This talented jazz composer, arranger, alto and soprano saxophonist, and Berklee educator creates a wide range of engaging performances with her multitalented group. She possesses a beautiful, luminous tone; stunning technique; and highly-imaginative ideas on both of her horns, while surrounding herself with master musicians in a very empathetic musical group settings, including here by two Hall of Fame musicians: drummer Jack DeJohnette, plus double bassist Dave Holland
If You Like: john Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ In The Trenches (6:17) – piano/drums start> uptempo jam> soaring sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> bass/drums duet> uptempo jam> quick fade
2/ Save Your Love For (5:37) - bass solo> slow jam> sinewy sax solo> slow fade
*3/ I Love You (6:21) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*4/ Queen Intuition (5:58) – sax starts slow and hesitant> slow jam> interesting interplay between instruments & combos intersecting> sax solo> guitar solo> slow cascading jam> quick stop
5/ Joe’n Around (4:13) – sax starts> midtempo hesitant jam swings uptempo & rocking> quick fade
*6/ Crowns Of Grey (5:53) – sultry sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> bass solo> slow jam> slow fade
7/ The Coming (6:56) – percussion starts> midtempo quirky jam> sax/bass duet> midtempo jam> sax solo> organ solo> slow jam> slow fade> percussion jam to end
8/ Soul Eyes (5:39) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sizzling sax solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
9/ Delight (5:00) – sax solo> midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam> fade
*10/ Fury Of A Da’mond (3:56) – sax starts> spirited uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam slows to slow jam> false stop> quick jam & stop
*11/ Tears Of Santa Barbara (4:22) – bowed bass starts> slow jam> sax solo to fade
*12/ Joe’n Around (alternate take) (3:07) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sweltering sax solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
Recent airplay
In The Trenches
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Queen Intuition
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Queen Intuition
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Fury Of Da'mond
The Modern Architect - extended Jazz — Aug 03, 2018
The Coming
No Cover, No Minimum — Aug 02, 2018
In The Trenches
Traditions — Jul 27, 2018
Charting
2018-06-07 — 2018-08-09
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 5 | 3 |
| Jul 29 | 2 |
| Jul 15 | 2 |
| Jul 1 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | In The Trenches | ||
| 2. | Save Your Love For Me | ||
| 3. | I Love You | ||
| 4. | Queen Intuition | ||
| 5. | Joe'n Around | ||
| 6. | Crowns Of Grey | ||
| 7. | The Coming | ||
| 8. | Soul Eyes | ||
| 9. | Delight | ||
| 10. | Fury Of Da'mond | ||
| 11. | Tears Of Santa Barbara | ||
| 12. | Joe'n Around (Alternate Take) |