| Verve Jazz Ensemble, The / Night Mode |
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| Album: | Night Mode | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Verve Jazz Ensemble, The | Added: | Jul 2019 | |
| Label: | Lightgroove Media | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-08-13 | Pull Date: | 2019-10-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 20 | Oct 13 | Sep 22 | Sep 15 | Sep 8 | Aug 25 | Aug 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2021: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019) Mox Nix | 4. | Oct 11, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from October 11, 2019) Mox Nix | |
| 2. | Oct 15, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Vivosonhando | 5. | Oct 11, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Mox Nix | |
| 3. | Oct 12, 2019: | Music Casserole Hypnosis | 6. | Sep 20, 2019: | old fart at play Hypnosis |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-07-24 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-07-24 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: The VJF is back and swinging harder than ever. The group’s 6th album is a heady, entertaining mix of original compositions by various members, jazz classics, and obscure, “under-served” gems If You Like: Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Hubert Laws, Herbie Hancock (acoustic), Freddie Hubbard Track Review (favorites denoted by *): *1/ Might Mode (5:24) - - horns start> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop **2/ Mox Nix (6:20) – horns start> swinging fast tempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade *3/ Drumorello (4:12) – horns start> uptempo jam with drum fills> drum solo with horn fills> uptempo jam> trombone solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop **4/ Vivo Sonhando (5:52) – bass starts> mellow midtempo bossa nova jam with flute up front> flute solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> 5/ Per Your Request (5:51) – sax starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> quick stop 6/ Deluge (5:36) – piano starts strong & hesitating> midtempo hesitating jam> quick fade *7/ Whisper Not (5:52) – piano starts strong then starts swinging> fast tempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end **8/ Hypnosis (7:27) – bass starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam swings uptempo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> slow fade **9/ Opus One (4:10) – horns start> swinging uptempo jam> sax solo> trombone solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end 10/ Breezy (4:33) – piano starts> midtempo jam with flute up front> flute solo> trombone solo> midtempo jam> quick fade | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Night Mode | 6. | Deluge | |||
| 2. | Mox Nix | 7. | Whisper Not | |||
| 3. | Drumorello | 8. | Hypnosis | |||
| 4. | Vivosonhando | 9. | Opus One | |||
| 5. | Per Your Request | 10. | Breezy |