| Riley, Herlin / Perpetual Optimism |
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| Album: | Perpetual Optimism | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Riley, Herlin | Added: | Apr 2019 | |
| Label: | Mack Avenue | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-05-10 | Pull Date: | 2019-07-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 14 | Jul 7 | Jun 2 | May 19 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 22, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Twelve's It | 4. | Jul 11, 2019: | ERA Twelve's It | |
| 2. | Jul 20, 2019: | Music Casserole Perpetual Optimism | 5. | Jul 11, 2019: | Brands Bytes & Beats Wings And Roots, Rush Hour | |
| 3. | Jul 18, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Perpetual Optimism, Rush Hour | 6. | Jul 09, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Twelve's It, Perpetual Optimism, Wings And Roots |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-04-28 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-04-28 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Riley, a drummer from New Orleans, is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. On his own album, Riley leads a mainstream quintet playing five of his own numbers. It's a wonderfully relaxed mixture, a reminder of what mainstream jazz is all about, or should be—having fun, yet being creative. If You Like: Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Rush Hour (6:56) – bass starts> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> fade **2/ Be There When I Get There (5:53) – drums/bass start> fast tempo jam> scintillating sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> fast jam interspersed with mellower breaks> quick stop & some bass notes *3/ Borders Without Lines (4:49) – lightning fast jam> piano solo> sax solo> drum solo> fast jam> quick stop 4/ You Don’t Know What Love Is (5:41) – bass/piano starts> slow jam with sax up front> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade *5/ Perpetual Optimism (7:05) – bass/sax starts> uptempo bouncy jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade 6/ Touched (7:23) – drums start> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> slow jam swings up briefly & fades 7/ Wings And Roots (6:23) – drums start> midtempo jam with Latin vibe> trumpet solo> drums/bass duet> uptempo jam slows to midtempo> quick stop **8/ Wang Dang Doodle (6:39) – bass starts> uptempo song> sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end *9/ Stella By Starlight (4:08) – piano starts> uptempo piano/bass duet> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo piano trio> quick fade **10/ Twelve’s it (4:38) – drums start> uptempo rocking jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> uptempo rap about Ellis Marsalis to fade | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Rush Hour | 6. | Touched | |||
| 2. | Be There When I Get There | 7. | Wings And Roots | |||
| 3. | Borders Without Lines | 8. | Wang Dang Doodle | |||
| 4. | You Don't Know What Love Is | 9. | Stella By Starlight | |||
| 5. | Perpetual Optimism | 10. | Twelve's It |