Haskins, Victor / Showing Up
Album: Showing Up   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Haskins, Victor   Added:Feb 2019
Label:Self Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-03-01 Pull Date: 2019-05-03 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 28 Apr 21 Mar 31 Mar 17 Mar 10
Airplays: 1 1 2 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 23, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Enemy At The Gate
4. Mar 26, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Grey
2. Apr 20, 2019: Music Casserole
Psithurism
5. Mar 15, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Reliving The Past
3. Mar 29, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Grey
6. Mar 14, 2019: The Emerging Artist Network
Grey

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-02-19
Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On his second disc, Haskins has taken his message to yet another higher level. The band is comprised of himself acoustically and electro-enhanced, a bassist and percussionist—delivering ten highly intelligent, textured tracks. Each presents its own eclectic musical poetry. Haskins is genie-like here, granting listeners stimulating mind-colors and both emotional range and depth via his original compositions. This is music for introspection and involvement.
If You Like: Miles Davis, Weather Report, Pink Floyd, Rick Wright, Joe Zawinul, Tomita
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Touch ( ) – electronic cricket noise starts> slow ethereal jam> slow fade
***2/ Grey ( ) – bass starts> slow jam> bass solo> synth solo> space jam> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> fade
3/ Reliving The Past ( ) – drum roll/trumpet starts> slow jam> electronically-enhanced trumpet solo, like Hendrix on trumpet> midtempo jam> slow fade
*4/ Swift ( ) – trumpet starts> slow jam swings to midtempo> trumpet solo swings to fast tempo> fast jam slows to uptempo> slows to fade
5/ Five In The Pocket ( ) – electronic wah-wah trumpet/synth starts> midtempo jam (might be all synth)> quick stop
6/ Morning ( ) – trumpet starts slow> slow jam> trumpet solo> slow & mellow jam> slow fade
**7/ Enemy At The Gate ( ) – organ-like synth starts> midtempo electronic jam> midtempo space jam increases in volume, complexity, & intensity> soars into outer space> crescendo end
*8/ Spite ( ) – bass starts slow & hesitating> slow jam with trumpet over hesitating rhythm section> interplay between trumpet, drums, & bass> wailing trumpet solo> mellows to midtempo hesitating jam> slow fade
9/ The Aura ( ) – trumpet starts slow> slow jam> trumpet solo> slow jam> slow fade
10/ Psithurism ( ) – synth starts> uptempo jam> synth solo (like Keith Emerson)> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade


Track Listing
1. Touch   6. Morning
2. Grey   7. Enemy At The Gate
3. Reliving The Past   8. Spite
4. Swift   9. The Aura
5. Five In The Pocket   10. Psithurism