Chorney, Michael and Orchid / Field Recordings
| Album: | Field Recordings | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Chorney, Michael and Orchid | Added: | May 2002 | |
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A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2002-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2002-10-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 20 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 02, 2023: | Music Casserole
The Right Word |
4. | Sep 27, 2002: | Memory Select
Swear Off Forever |
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| 2. | Oct 18, 2002: | Memory Select
Ghost of a Chance |
5. | Aug 31, 2002: | Morning Glory
Swear Off Forever |
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| 3. | Oct 01, 2002: | No Cover, No Minimum
Swear Off Forever |
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Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-08-18
Reviewed 2002-08-18
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
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
Track Listing
| 1. | The Whole World | 9. | Broken | |||
| 2. | Lapse | 10. | While Still Asleep | |||
| 3. | Past Tense | 11. | New Life | |||
| 4. | Still | 12. | Swear Off Forever | |||
| 5. | Ghost of a Chance | 13. | Luxury of Innocence | |||
| 6. | Does this Elmer Have Heat | 14. | To the Wall | |||
| 7. | Remarkable Resemblance | 15. | Three Payphones | |||
| 8. | Topological | 16. | The Right Word |