| Skonberg, Bria / Nothing Never Happens |
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| Album: | Nothing Never Happens | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Skonberg, Bria | Added: | Oct 2019 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-11-09 | Pull Date: | 2020-01-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jan 12 | Jan 5 | Dec 29 | Dec 22 | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics I Want To Break Free | 4. | Dec 26, 2019: | Old Fart At Play Villain Vanguard | |
| 2. | Jan 07, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics I Want To Break Free | 5. | Dec 24, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics I Want To Break Free | |
| 3. | Jan 03, 2020: | Traditions So Is The Day | 6. | Dec 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics I Want To Break Free |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-10-20 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-10-20 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: trumpeter & vocalist Skonberg returns with her most powerful disc to date. Both her vocals and trumpet have taken a leap and are on full display. Half the tunes are originals. If You Like: Freddie Hubbard, Diana Krall, Mary Stallings, Cecile McLorrin Savant Track Review (favorites denoted by *): **1/ Blackout (5:24) – bass starts, slow tempo song with sultry vocal> vocal sells to crescendo, then mellows> then builds in strength> trumpet solo> midtempo song> vocal soars> fade **2/ So Is The Day (6:10) – vocal starts with bass accompaniment> slow song> full band kicks in behind trumpet solo> piano solo> slow song> vocal soars> long crescendo & fade ***3/ Blackbird Fantasy (4:37) – piano starts> soaring acapella vocal joins in clever Beatles/Ellington mashup> midtempo song morphs into strutting rocking jam with trumpet out front> uptempo song> crescendo end *4/ Square One (4:08) – organ/guitar starts> slow gospel-like song> guitar solo> midtempo song> fade **5/ Villain Vanguard (4:40) – piano starts slow, swings into uptempo jam with trumpet up front> swings to fast tempo> crescendo> slows to slow tempo jam> slowly builds into heavy off-kilter midtempo jam, then swings uptempo> crescendo end 6/ Bang Bang (4:40) – guitar starts> slow tempo song builds to midtempo> orchestra joins, builds to crescendo> trumpet solo> suptempo jam with drums up front> uptempo song> crescendo & fade *7/ What Now (4:36) – piano starts> mellow midtempo song slowly builds in volume> sax solo> midtempo song with soaring vocal> slows to fade **8/ I Want To Break Free (7:07) – bass starts fast> fast tempo funky jam with trumpet out front swells to crescendo> sizzling trumpet solo> organ solo> sax solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Blackout | 5. | Villain Vanguard | |||
| 2. | So Is The Day | 6. | Bang Bang | |||
| 3. | Blackbird Fantasy | 7. | What Now | |||
| 4. | Square One | 8. | I Want To Break Free |