Brilliant Coroners

Brilliant Coroners
Yeah Man Records
Jazz | Jul 2002

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-09-22
Eclectic Thelonious Monk covers in styles from punk to funk to straight jazz. When they run out of obvious, campy ideas, they turn to slow but straightforward jazz with a few "avant" noises in the background or sudden outbursts of noise; these are less successful. Fun overall. #1, 11 and 12 broach Naked City territory.

1*- Punk blasts
2*- Oozy funk!
3*- Alternates between cock rock and straight jazz
4- Slow psychedelic feel with thick guitar solo
5- Quiet, mysterious "Misterioso"
6- New Orleans horns, sort of. Slow and repetitious
7- Straight, with loud swinging ending
8- Sparse, with thunderous outbursts
9- Calm start, gets chaotic and squiggly with guitar
10- Slow, horn-led
11*- Danceable new wave - crazy and thumping
12*- Speed-metal jazz

Recent airplay

Blue Monk
Blue Monk
Tofutti break!Oct 08, 2003
Blue Monk
Lethal InjectionNov 09, 2002
Evidence
Memory SelectNov 01, 2002
'round Midnight, Well You Needn't/Straight ..
Epistrophy
No Cover, No MinimumOct 15, 2002

Charting

2002-09-23 — 2002-11-25 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 10 1
Nov 3 1
Oct 20 3
Oct 6 3
Sep 29 3

Track listing

1. Sixteen
2. Blue Monk
3. Brilliant Corners
4. Evidence
5. Misterioso
6. Oska T.
7. Well You Needn't/Straight ..
8. 'round Midnight
9. Skippy
10. Crepescule with Nellie
11. Epistrophy
12. Bemsha Swing