Tune Town / There From Here |
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Album: | There From Here | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Tune Town | Added: | 11/2019 | |
Label: | Slammin Media |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2019-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2020-02-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
Week Ending: | 26 Jan | 19 Jan | 12 Jan | 5 Jan | 22 Dec | 15 Dec |
Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jan 21, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Monks Of Oka | 4. | Dec 31, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Mayor | |
2. | Jan 18, 2020: | Music Casserole A Transient Space | 5. | Dec 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Split Infinity | |
3. | Jan 07, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Monks Of Oka | 6. | Dec 12, 2019: | Old Fart At Play Split Infinity |
Album Review |
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Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-11-03 | ||
Reviewed: 2019-11-03 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: This disc is the debut of the Toronto-based trio Tune Town and employs a unique approach to the saxophone trio. The compositions are mostly band member originals, with a couple of brief-but-invigorating collective improvisations thrown in If You Like: David Friesen, Paul McCandless, Oregon, Wayne Shorter Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ A Sonic Handshake (0:49) – bass starts> short fast rocking jam> quick fade ***2/ The Monks of Oka (4:59) – sax starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop 3/ As She Wonders (5:55) – sax starts quietly> mdtempo jam slows to slow tempo> pause> melody shift to midtempo jam> swings uptempo briefly, then slows to slow tempo> builds back to midtempo> sax solo> midtempo jam slows, then swings back up> slow fade *4/ Sophisticated Lady (4:51) – bass starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> slow jam> pause> slow jam builds in volume & intensity> slow fade **5/ Split Infinity (6:00) – heavy bass starts> uptempo jam with bass up front, then sax> bass solo> uptempo jam with sax up front> mellows slightly to fade *6/ All Of You (4:14) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> midtempo jam increases in volume> bass solo> midtempo jam> slow fade **7/ The Mayor (1:55) – full band starts> brief uptempo jam slows briefly then swings into a wild uptempo improv> fade> uptempo jam> quick stop 8/ Infinity Past (0:55) –Kindling (4:52) – bass starts> brief uptempo jam> quick stop *9/ Kindling (4:32) – full band starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings into fast tempo jam> drum solo> fast jam> quick stop *10/ A Transient Space (8:54) – bowed bass solo starts slow> slow tempo jam> bass solo> slow jam slowly builds in volume & intensity> sax solo> pause> slow mellow jam> slow fade |
Track Listing |
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1. | A Sonic Handshake | 6. | All Of You | |||
2. | The Monks Of Oka | 7. | The Mayor | |||
3. | As She Wonders | 8. | Infinity Past | |||
4. | Sophisticated Lady | 9. | Kindling | |||
5. | Split Infinity | 10. | A Transient Space |