Bierman, Ben / Some Takes On The Blues
| Album: | Some Takes On The Blues | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bierman, Ben | Added: | Mar 2019 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2019-06-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 26 | May 12 | Apr 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 12, 2021: | the Acupuncture Hour (rebroadcast from May 25, 2019)
Carmel Meets Schrader |
3. | May 10, 2019: | Old Fart at play
Bolero Blues |
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| 2. | May 25, 2019: | the Acupuncture Hour
Carmel Meets Schrader |
4. | Apr 19, 2019: | Old Fart At Play
Bolero Blues |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-18
Reviewed 2019-03-18
Reviewed: 2018-03-18
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: talented multi-instrumentalist performs a variety of original tunes
If You Like: Ry Cooder, Louis Armstrong, Jellyroll Morton
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Bolero Blues (4:24) – trumpet starts> uptempo jam with Latin Percussion> trumpet solo> electric piano solo> uptempo jam slows to midtempo & fades
**2/ Carmel Meets Schrader (4:05) – guitar starts> midtempo jam with muted trumpet> trumpet solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
3/ Pretty Blues (3:54) – piano/guitar starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> fade
*4/ Leo’s Rag (2:08) - guitar starts> uptempo ragtime jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Valeria Street Blues (3:15) - > midtempo blues jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam swells in volume> crescendo & fade
6/ Let’s Chill One (5:00) - organ starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> midtmpo jam> organ solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*7/ AC Shuffle (3:26) – guitar starts> uptempo blues jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> brief guitar solo> quick fade
*8/ Blues for WC (2:59) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> fade
9/ Dum Dee Dim (3:47) – full band starts> midtempo jam> piano solo swings into uptempo jam with Latin beat> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: talented multi-instrumentalist performs a variety of original tunes
If You Like: Ry Cooder, Louis Armstrong, Jellyroll Morton
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Bolero Blues (4:24) – trumpet starts> uptempo jam with Latin Percussion> trumpet solo> electric piano solo> uptempo jam slows to midtempo & fades
**2/ Carmel Meets Schrader (4:05) – guitar starts> midtempo jam with muted trumpet> trumpet solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
3/ Pretty Blues (3:54) – piano/guitar starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> fade
*4/ Leo’s Rag (2:08) - guitar starts> uptempo ragtime jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Valeria Street Blues (3:15) - > midtempo blues jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam swells in volume> crescendo & fade
6/ Let’s Chill One (5:00) - organ starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> midtmpo jam> organ solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*7/ AC Shuffle (3:26) – guitar starts> uptempo blues jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> brief guitar solo> quick fade
*8/ Blues for WC (2:59) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> fade
9/ Dum Dee Dim (3:47) – full band starts> midtempo jam> piano solo swings into uptempo jam with Latin beat> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
Track Listing
| 1. | Bolero Blues | 5. | Valeria Street Blues | |||
| 2. | Carmel Meets Schrader | 6. | Let's Chill One | |||
| 3. | Pretty Blues | 7. | A C Shuffle | |||
| 4. | Leo's Rag | 8. | Blues For W C | |||
| 9. | Dum Dee Dim | |||||