| Haskins, Victor / Showing Up |
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| Album: | Showing Up | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Haskins, Victor | Added: | Feb 2019 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-02-19 | ||
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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 |
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| 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 |