| Liebig, Steuart / Pomegranate |
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| Album: | Pomegranate | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Liebig, Steuart | Added: | Dec 2001 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 20, 2005: | (Mostly) The Viola in My Life Flare Up Like Flame and ... | 4. | Jan 18, 2002: | Memory Select The Motionless Blue of ... | |
| 2. | Sep 23, 2005: | Memory Select Flare Up Like Flame and Create Dark Shadows | 5. | Jan 04, 2002: | Memory Select Flare Up Like Flame and ... | |
| 3. | Jan 25, 2002: | Memory Select The Darkness of Each ... | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-09-23 | ||
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Lengthy chamber-jazz pieces, 15 to 22 minutes long, each one written for a particular featured instrument. In other words, the base band (flute, trumpet, violins, drums, bass) is joined by a guest star on each track. Pieces have a nice jazzy bounce while retaining that "serious composition" feel -- except maybe when Nels shreds out on #4. I really liked this CD and treasured having it in rotation in early 2002, but the song lengths precluded it getting much airplay, and maybe my "chamber-jazz" description scared away some of the more adventurous, noise-oriented DJs. It's a gem of an album. 1- with TOM VARNER, FRENCH HORN: Perky chamber jazz, strident feel 2- with MARK DRESSER, BASS: Mostly sparse, quiet. Opens with heavy bass sawing. 3- with VINNY GOLIA, SOPRANO SAX: Fast floaty horns intro, very classical-influenced. Breaks into fast jazzy passages with Liebig playing some cool jazzy lines on contrabass guitar. 4- with NELS CLINE, GUITAR: Opens with a serious mood followed by a total electric freak out! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Widening Circles Reach ... | 3. | Flare Up Like Flame and ... | |||
| 2. | The Motionless Blue of ... | 4. | The Darkness of Each ... |