Clark, Mike / Indigo Blue - Live At The Iridium
Album: Indigo Blue - Live At The Iridium   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Clark, Mike   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Ropeadope Music Entertain  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-07-30 Pull Date: 2019-10-01 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Aug 18 Aug 11 Aug 4
Airplays: 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 13, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Well You Needn't
4. Aug 02, 2019: Butter and Jams
Of Infinity
2. Aug 09, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Straight No Chaser
5. Aug 01, 2019: Brands Beats & Bytes
Of Infinity
3. Aug 06, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
If We Must Die

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-07-17
Reviewed: 2019-07-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This disc is a mainstream, hard bop session led by legendary funk and jazz drummer Mike Clark and his top-shelf ensemble, Indigo Blue, hearkens back to those great Blue Note live albums of Art Blakey. This is an all-star band without the hype; six masters engaging in the sport of improvisation as collaborators seeking to transcend the individual parts.
If You Like: Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Donaldson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Of Infinity – piano starts> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> horns jam> quick stop
*2/ Black Inside – piano starts> midtempo jam shifts uptempo on trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
3/ Past Lives – drums start> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> piano solo> tenor sax solo to crescendo end
*4/ Sweet – piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**5/ Straight No Chaser – drums/bass start> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
***6/ If We Must Die – drums/piano starts> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*7/ Lucky No. 7 – drums start> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end
**8/ Well You Needn’t – full band starts> fast tempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> drum solo> fast jam with quick solos all around> quick stop on drums

Track Listing
1. Of Infinity   5. Straight No Chaser
2. Black Inside   6. If We Must Die
3. Past Lives   7. Lucku No. 7
4. Sweet   8. Well You Needn't