| Sclavis, Louis Quartet / Characters On A Wall |
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| Album: | Characters On A Wall | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Sclavis, Louis Quartet | Added: | 12/2019 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2020-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2020-05-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 8 Mar | 1 Mar | 23 Feb | 16 Feb | 9 Feb | 2 Feb |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 06, 2021: | Music Casserole Darwich Dans La Ville | 4. | Feb 18, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics La Dame De Martiques | |
| 2. | Mar 07, 2020: | Music Casserole Darwich Dans La Ville | 5. | Feb 15, 2020: | Music Casserole Prison | |
| 3. | Feb 29, 2020: | Music Casserole L' Heure Pasolini | 6. | Feb 13, 2020: | Old Fart At Play Prison |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-12-21 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-12-21 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: French clarinetist Sclavis leads an almost traditional quartet on his latest disc. His musicexploes new dimensions and approaches. If You Like: Paul McCandless, Jan Garbarek, Claude Debussy, John Barry Track Review (favorites denoted by *): ***1/ L’Heure Pasolini (9:43) – clarinet starts> gorgeous slow tempo jam> clarinet solo> piano solo> slow jam> bass solo> slow jam> quick fade *2/ Shadows And Lines (7:24) – piano starts> slow tempo jam with a dramatic vibe> swings uptempo> clarinet solo slows to slow jam with waves of clarinet over the top> midtempo jam> quick fade **3/ La Dame de Martigues (6:21) – piano solo start slow & hesitating> slow tempo jam with a pastoral vibe slowly builds to midtempo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade 4/ Extases (3:57) – whole band starts> slow tempo jam> clarinet solo> piano solo> slow jam> fade *5/ Esquisse 1 (2:04) – bass starts> slow tempo jam with ominous vibe> slow fade **6/ Prison (5:07) – bass starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> soaring uptempo jam> quick stop 7/ Esquisse 2 (2:06) – piano starts slow & hesitating> slow tempo jam> slow fade *8/ Darwich Dans La Ville (7:01) – drums start> slow tempo jam with mystery vibe builds to uptempo jam> piano & clarinet trade riffs> bass solo> clarinet solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | L' Heure Pasolini | 5. | Esquisee 1 | |||
| 2. | Shadows And Lines | 6. | Prison | |||
| 3. | La Dame De Martiques | 7. | Esquisee 2 | |||
| 4. | Extases | 8. | Darwich Dans La Ville |