| Au, Allison Quartet / Wander Wonder |
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| Album: | Wander Wonder | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Au, Allison Quartet | Added: | Dec 2018 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-01-09 | Pull Date: | 2019-03-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 | Feb 24 | Feb 17 | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 16, 2019: | Music Casserole Force Majeure | 4. | Mar 02, 2019: | The Acupuncture Hour/Audio Ambrosia A Trick Of The Moonlight, The Valley | |
| 2. | Mar 12, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Rest Is Up To You | 5. | Feb 23, 2019: | Music Casserole The Valley | |
| 3. | Mar 08, 2019: | Old Fart At Play The Lie That Saves Us All | 6. | Feb 15, 2019: | Old Fart At Play Future Self |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2018-12-23 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-12-23 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Saxophonist Au proves herself a marvelous composer of engaging, accessible and melodic tunes in her quartet sound. The set explores a lot of territory while maintaining a cohesive mood. Her music sounds consistently hopeful and modernistic. If You Like: Amanda Gardier, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ The Valley (2:09) – Prophet synth starts with big swell of sound> slow languorous space jam> *2/ Future Self (6:19) – piano starts hesitatingly> slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam swings to midtempo> fade *3/ The Rest Is Up To You (6:26) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sax starts> piano solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam> slow fade 4/ Looking Up (5:09) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo swings uptempo> midtempo jam> fade 5/ Morning (5:42) – bass starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> slow fade *6/ The Lie That Saves Us All (6:04) – piano starts in bursts> uptempo rhythm section with midtempo sax over the top> sax solo over hesitant synth/drum duet> midtempo jam> crescendo end 7/ Red Herring (5:07) – full band starts> midtempo jam slows to slow tempo> music comes in waves> fade 8/ Grounds (3:02) – Prophet starts with bursts of sound> slow jam> fade *9/ Force Majeure (8:00) - percussion starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> uptempo jam with repetitive riff> sax soars> fade *10/ A Trick of the Moonlight (5:24) – piano starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam sax solo> fade | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Valley | 6. | The Lie That Saves Us All | |||
| 2. | Future Self | 7. | Red Herring | |||
| 3. | The Rest Is Up To You | 8. | Grounds | |||
| 4. | Looking Up | 9. | Force Majeure | |||
| 5. | Morning | 10. | A Trick Of The Moonlight |