Marsalis, Branford Quartet / Secret Between The Shadow & The Soul, The
Album: Secret Between The Shadow & The Soul, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Marsalis, Branford Quartet   Added:Mar 2019
Label:Okeh  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-04-02 Pull Date: 2019-06-04 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 9 Jun 2 May 26 May 5 Apr 21 Apr 14
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 24, 2021: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Apr 30, 2019)
The Windup
4. May 25, 2019: Music Casserole
Nilaste
2. Jun 04, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
The Windup
5. Apr 30, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
The Windup
3. Jun 01, 2019: Music Casserole
The Windup
6. Apr 19, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Dance Of The Evil Toys

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-20
Reviewed: 2018-03-20
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This music sends tingles down your spine, makes your jaw drop, puts a smile on your face & a chuckle in your throat. It also, at times, conjures waves of melancholy.
If You Like: Eric Dolphy, Matthew Shipp, McCoy Tyner
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Dance Of The Evil Toys (8:23) – piano starts quietly, swings into full-throated uptempo jam, then morphs into midtempo off-kilter jam> wild sax solo> jagged piano solo> midtempo jam morphs into uptempo off-kilter jam> quick stop
*2/ Conversation Amongst The Ruins (8:46) – piano starts> slow jam> gorgeous piano solo> gorgeous sax solo> slow jam> fade
*3/ Snake Hip Waltz (5:51) – sax starts> midtempo strutting jam> staggering sax solo> invigorating piano solo> creative bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
4/ Cianna (7:32) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo & 3 piano notes
*5/ Nilaste (10:15) – sax starts> slow jam> bass solo> slow jam> slithering sax solo builds into uptempo jam> wild off-kilter jam builds in volume & intensity to crescendo> pause> slow piano solo swings uptempo> fast wild jam slows to slow jam> fade on sax
6/ Life Filtering from The Water Flowers (9:00) – sax starts> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo builds to uptempo & slows to fade + 3 piano notes
**7/ The Windup (12:30) – piano starts uptempo & swinging> uptempo swinging jam> sizzling piano solo> sax solo slows momentarily, then swings up & out into the nether reaches> fast jam> sizzling sax solo> fast jam> drum solo> fast jam> quick stop

Track Listing
1. Dance Of The Evil Toys   4. Cianna
2. Conversation Among The Ruins   5. Nilaste
3. Snake Hip Waltz   6. Life Filtering From The Water Flowers
  7. The Windup