| Preston, Don Trio / Transformation |
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| Album: | Transformation | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Preston, Don Trio | Added: | Dec 2001 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 30, 2004: | Memory Select The Eric Dolphy Memorial ... | 4. | Feb 01, 2002: | Memory Select Transformation | |
| 2. | Mar 08, 2002: | Memory Select The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque | 5. | Jan 25, 2002: | Memory Select The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque | |
| 3. | Feb 22, 2002: | Memory Select Transformation | 6. | Jan 25, 2002: | Umami Jazz Program The Eric Dolphy Memorial ... |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2002-04-17 | ||
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Piano jazz, semi-mainstream stuff with lots of abstract twists. Yes, this is Don Preston from Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. He's still in L.A. and has been nurturing his jazzier side. These aren't all blazing chaotic numbers... it's more like conventional jazz played by a sophisticated prankster. Come to think of it, that's exactly what it is. Highly recommended, esp. if you don't think you like free jazz. Abstract tastes should try #4 or 9 .... For an "easy" start, try #3, 7, or especially 8. 1- Zappa cover! Great piano solo 2- Fast/midtempo and scattery 3- Slow/mid, relaxing 4- Off-balance and abstract (with misleading title) 5- Midtempo stumbly piano theme 6- Slow, lush, a little bit haunting 7- Fast/mid, upbeat 8- Fast and breezy 9- Drifting, slow. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Eric Dolphy Memorial ... | 5. | The Lind Sonata | |||
| 2. | Walking Batteriewoman | 6. | Ode to the Flower Maiden | |||
| 3. | Inner Blues (Not a Blues) | 7. | The Donkey | |||
| 4. | I Love You | 8. | Transformation | |||
| 9. | The Prehistoric Eons | |||||