| Evans, Gil Orchestra, The / Hidden Treasures Volume 1/Monday Nights |
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| Album: | Hidden Treasures Volume 1/Monday Nights | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Evans, Gil Orchestra, The | Added: | Jan 2019 | |
| Label: | Geo | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-02-07 | Pull Date: | 2019-04-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 17 | Mar 3 | Feb 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 16, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topic Lunar Eclipse | 4. | Mar 26, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Lunar Eclipse | |
| 2. | Apr 09, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Groove From The Louvre | 5. | Mar 14, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Eleven | |
| 3. | Apr 06, 2019: | Music Casserole L L Funk | 6. | Mar 12, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Lunar Eclipse |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-01-31 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-01-29 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Musical sparks fly from this group of New York’s finest musicians with a varied program of compositions that recall Gil Evans’ infamous Monday night sessions at the Greenwich Village club, Sweet Basil. If You Like: Duke Ellington Orchestra, Stan Kenton, Christian McBride Big Band Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Subway (10:56) – orchestra starts slow & quiet> builds on beat to midtempo jam> swells in volume & intensity, then mellows> trombone solo> sax solo> midtempo jam grows more intense, then slows to slow jam>slow fade *2/ LL Funk (5:30) - > midtempo jam> electric guitar solo> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> fade 3/ I Surrender (7:17) – orchestra starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade **4/ Groove From The Louvre (9:50) – horns start>slow jams to midtempo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> tuba solo slows to slow jam> crescendo end *5/ Lunar Eclipse (6:29) – wild uptempo full orchestra starts> rocking uptempo jam slows on piano solo, then swings up again> drum solo> galloping uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop *6/ Moonstruck (1:49) – piano starts> slow jam> clarinet solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam> piano solo>uptempo jam> sax solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end 7/ Eleven (5:25) – sax starts> uptempo jam quickly swings to fast tempo with heavy brass> Rhodes solo> sax solo> wild swinging uptempo jam> big brass kicks in> crescendo end | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Subway | 4. | Groove From The Louvre | |||
| 2. | L L Funk | 5. | Lunar Eclipse | |||
| 3. | I Surrender | 6. | Moonstruck | |||
| 7. | Eleven | |||||