| Cooke, Michael / Statements |
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| Album: | Statements | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Cooke, Michael | Added: | 04/2002 | |
| Label: | Black Hat Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-10-14 | Pull Date: | 2002-12-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 17 Nov | 27 Oct |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 15, 2002: | Memory Select Jagged | 3. | Oct 25, 2002: | Memory Select 35 Cents | |
| 2. | Nov 10, 2002: | Oh Messy Life Head Bobbin' | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2002-11-15 | ||
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Solo woodwinds recordings, sometimes with multiple instruments overdubbed. Many pieces are composed rather than completely improvised. Some (such as #12) have tight, twisty composed passages, with Cooke sounding very nice on multiple saxes. Cooke is sympathetic to avant-garde music but hasn't quite developed the compositional acumen for it. Some of the tracks get a bit trite as a result, but overall it's a worthy effort. 1- Spirited, fast street sax solo 2* - Catchy riff, cheerful flute 3* - Quiet, mysterious bass clarinet 4 - Goes for a deep Asian feel, misses 5 - Upbeat sax solo around a three-steps-down riff 6* - Slinky swing tune, corny but grows on you 7 - Bright flute solo 8 - 38-second blip 9 - Bassoon!!! Catchy but bland little song. 10* - Long jazzy sax runs 11 - Slow blues sx 12* - Placid flute, into a flowing cacophony of flutes and saxes. Ends w/mournful solo. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Jagged | 7. | Malevolence | |||
| 2. | Viva Guatemala! | 8. | ? | |||
| 3. | 35 Cents | 9. | Amblin' | |||
| 4. | Cogitation | 10. | Neptune | |||
| 5. | Three Steps Down | 11. | Less | |||
| 6. | Head Bobbin' | 12. | Early Exit |