St-Laurent, Eric / Bliss Station
| Album: | Bliss Station | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | St-Laurent, Eric | Added: | Dec 2019 | |
| Label: | Katzenmusik | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2020-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2020-06-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 23 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 03, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Mustard Arizona |
4. | Feb 20, 2020: | Galactic Travel Radio
Bliss Station |
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| 2. | Feb 25, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Bliss Station, Mustard Arizona |
5. | Feb 18, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Bliss Station |
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| 3. | Feb 20, 2020: | Old Fart At Play
Edges |
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Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-01-14
Reviewed 2020-01-14
Reviewed: 2020—01-14
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: St-Laurent plays guitar & keyboards. His latest disc is contemporary jazz with his muscular rhythm section. Guest trumpeter Studnitzky sits in, adding a mellow atmosphere as counterpoint. St-Laurent has a unique style
If You Like: Miles Okazaki, John Abercrombie, Enrico Rava, Terry Gibbs’ Thrasher People
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Edges (1:42) – guitar starts> short slow ethereal jam> quick fade
*2/ Shut Up, Silly (5:18) – synth/guitar starts> fast tempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam> quick stop
***3/ Bliss Station (6:30) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet to fade
4/ Expand (5:10) – percussion starts> fast tempo jam with electronic chorus> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam with electronic chorus> fade
5/ Calvados (6:23) – synth starts> slow tempo jam> Rhodes solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ Mustard Arizona (4:25) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
7/ Forsaken Cowboy (3:05) – synth starts> midtempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet> midtempo jam> trumpet solo to fade
*8/ Green (5:59) – percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
**9/ Less (7:16) -guitar starts> languid midtempo jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: St-Laurent plays guitar & keyboards. His latest disc is contemporary jazz with his muscular rhythm section. Guest trumpeter Studnitzky sits in, adding a mellow atmosphere as counterpoint. St-Laurent has a unique style
If You Like: Miles Okazaki, John Abercrombie, Enrico Rava, Terry Gibbs’ Thrasher People
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Edges (1:42) – guitar starts> short slow ethereal jam> quick fade
*2/ Shut Up, Silly (5:18) – synth/guitar starts> fast tempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam> quick stop
***3/ Bliss Station (6:30) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet to fade
4/ Expand (5:10) – percussion starts> fast tempo jam with electronic chorus> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam with electronic chorus> fade
5/ Calvados (6:23) – synth starts> slow tempo jam> Rhodes solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ Mustard Arizona (4:25) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
7/ Forsaken Cowboy (3:05) – synth starts> midtempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet> midtempo jam> trumpet solo to fade
*8/ Green (5:59) – percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
**9/ Less (7:16) -guitar starts> languid midtempo jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Edges | 5. | Calvados | |||
| 2. | Shut Up, Silly | 6. | Mustard Arizona | |||
| 3. | Bliss Station | 7. | Forsaken Cowboy | |||
| 4. | Expand | 8. | Green | |||
| 9. | Less | |||||