| Chorney, Michael and Orchid / Field Recordings |
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| Album: | Field Recordings | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Chorney, Michael and Orchid | Added: | May 2002 | |
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| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2002-10-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 20 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 18, 2002: | Memory Select Ghost of a Chance | 3. | Sep 27, 2002: | Memory Select Swear Off Forever | |
| 2. | Oct 01, 2002: | No Cover, No Minimum Swear Off Forever | 4. | Aug 31, 2002: | Morning Glory Swear Off Forever |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2002-08-18 | ||
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Accessible, sax-led jazz quartet with a laid-back feel and not too many pretentions. Chorney, from Vermont, describes this as a mix between jazz and folk music, and it does come across nicely spare and unencumbered, like folk music can. It's a 2-CD set: DISK 1 (White): Uniformly slow-to-midtempo songs, mostly interchangeable. Any one track is OK, but any two together get tiresome -- Chorney just doesn't have enough ideas to fill two CDs. Try #3, a '60s style groove, or #5, which has nice wandering lines. #8 has a gospel tinge. But overall, it's all rather the same; they should have left this disk out. DISK 2 (Black): Adds a cello and a viola to the quartet, making for a much more creative and varied setting. Highlights: 10- Uptempo, a bit razzy 11- Breezy chamber strings 12- Almost funky, with cello 14- Snappy beat, country/Appalaichan feel 16- Fluttery strings under a bass solo | ||
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