| Murphy, Greg Trio / Bright Idea |
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| Album: | Bright Idea | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Murphy, Greg Trio | Added: | Feb 2019 | |
| Label: | Whaling City Sound | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-02-14 | Pull Date: | 2019-04-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 | Feb 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 18, 2019: | Brands Beats & Bytes Happy | 4. | Apr 09, 2019: | That's Not Bluegrass Moving Violation | |
| 2. | Apr 16, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio Happy | 5. | Apr 09, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Happy, Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | |
| 3. | Apr 16, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topic Straight No Blues, Happy | 6. | Mar 07, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Happy |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-02-06 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-02-04 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: versatile pianist with a stellar set of mainly originals. Murphy achieves an energetic vitality on the session, and throughout the album, there is generosity, reciprocity and the desire to make memorable and triumphant music. If You Like: McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans Track Review (favorites denoted by *): **1/ Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (7:24) – piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> drum solo> fast jam> crescendo & fade *2/ Happy (3:49) – piano starts> bouncy uptempo jam on Rhodes> Rhodes solo> uptempo jam> quick stop *3/ Bright Idea (7:21) – drums star > fast jam> bass solo> piano solo> fast jam> quick fade 4/ Earthlings (6;29) – piano starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> piano solo> bass solo> slow jam> crescendo end 5/ 24K Magic (2:45) – Rhodes starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> quick stop *6/ Street Cats (4:59) – piano starts> slow jam> piano solo swings into lightning fast jam> bass solo> fast jam slows to fade *7/ Finer Things (5:11) – drums/piano starts> uptempo jam slows briefly> synth solo> uptempo jam mellows to midtempo> piano solo slows then swings into uptempo jam> quick fade 8/ For My Mom (7:10) – piano starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> piano solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end *9/ Straight No Blues (4:43) -full band starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> drums solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end *10/ Moving Violation (8:39) – piano starts> slow jam swings to fast tempo> piano solo> builds to a crescendo, then slows to slow jam> bass solo swings back to uptempo jam> drum solo> slow jam to stop 11/ Well. Of All Things (6:11) – piano starts> slow jam swings to midtempo> piamo solo> slow fade *12/ Untitled Original 11383 (6:38) – piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> fade 13/ Juneteenth Notes (4:13) – drums start> midtempo jam swings into uptempo with drums up front> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop | ||
| Track Listing |
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