Robinson, Justin / At First Light
Album: At First Light   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Robinson, Justin   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Wj3  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-08-13 Pull Date: 2019-10-15 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 22 Aug 18
Airplays: 2 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 12, 2019: Music Casserole
Lamentations For R And D
4. Oct 08, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Love Thy Father
2. Oct 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from October 11, 2019)
Inner Limits
5. Oct 03, 2019: Old fart at play
Lamentations For R And D
3. Oct 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Inner Limits
6. Sep 20, 2019: old fart at play
Paula

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-07-08
Reviewed: 2019-07-08
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On his latest disc, saxophonist Robinson seems to be more of a visionary here than usual, a move from being an already great saxophonist to being a strong leader and writer as well! The album's way more than the sum of its parts – thanks in part to a wealth of original compositions by Robinson, which propel the whole group forward with a unified spirit – one that often has all members of the quartet contributing equally.
If You Like: Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ At First Light (6:54) – sax solo starts> piano starts slow, swings into uptempo jam> rocking piano solo> wailing sax solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
*2/ Inner Limits (5:10) – drums/sax start> uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
**3/ Lamentations For R And D (5:12) – piano/sax starts> midtempo jam> drum solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> sax solo swings uptempo> sizzling piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade
4/ Love Thy Father (5:05) – sax starts> slow tempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
**5/ Cool Blues (5:19) – piano/bass/drums start> uptempo jam> rocking piano solo> sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
6/ Paula (4:27) – drums/sax start> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> slow fade & quick stop
*7/ What’s New (5:34) – drums start slow> slow hesitating jam> piano solo> sax solo> slow jam swells in volume & tempo, then slows again> slow fade

Track Listing
1. At First Light   5. Cool Blues
2. Inner Limits   6. It Rained All Day In Rio
3. Lamentations For R And D   7. Paula
4. Love Thy Father   8. What's New