Jazz Is a Spirit
Jazz
| Dec 2002
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-01-19
Reviewed 2003-01-19
Mainstream contemporary jazz led by Carrington, a woman drummer. Lots of prominent guest stars: Herbie Hancock (2,5,10), Wallace Roney (2,14), Kevin Eubanks, etc.
Sometimes it gets a bit slick/cheesy, especially in Carrington's compositions, but this has a nice adventurous feel overall, with great loose soloing by Gary Thomas (sax) and Greg Kurstin (piano). Accessible and mind-opening, and well worth a try.
2*- Stumbly theme; nice wandering trumpet-sax double solo
3*- Slower and expansive
4* Midtempo
5- Soft
6,7- Heart-pounding drum solo, then an unfortunate new-agey blip
8- Insistant hand drums for that "world" sound. Nice trumpet solo
9*- Bouncy theme, some wild piano & sax playing
10- Mellow midtempo
11- Quiet, floaty
12- Scattery, with wah-wah guitar
13- Weird: Drum solo over dialogue snippets
1,14 - The oddball tracks: Slow, oozy funk. Pretty good, but they could lose the spoken word (by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, of Cosby Show fame)
Sometimes it gets a bit slick/cheesy, especially in Carrington's compositions, but this has a nice adventurous feel overall, with great loose soloing by Gary Thomas (sax) and Greg Kurstin (piano). Accessible and mind-opening, and well worth a try.
2*- Stumbly theme; nice wandering trumpet-sax double solo
3*- Slower and expansive
4* Midtempo
5- Soft
6,7- Heart-pounding drum solo, then an unfortunate new-agey blip
8- Insistant hand drums for that "world" sound. Nice trumpet solo
9*- Bouncy theme, some wild piano & sax playing
10- Mellow midtempo
11- Quiet, floaty
12- Scattery, with wah-wah guitar
13- Weird: Drum solo over dialogue snippets
1,14 - The oddball tracks: Slow, oozy funk. Pretty good, but they could lose the spoken word (by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, of Cosby Show fame)
Recent airplay
Giggles
National Treasure — Nov 06, 2017
Little Jump
Baseball Rainout — Feb 21, 2003
Journey of Now
Morning Glory — Feb 08, 2003
Journey of Now
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 04, 2003
Lost Star
Memory Select — Jan 31, 2003
Giggles
No Cover, No Minimum — Jan 28, 2003
Charting
2003-01-20 — 2003-03-24
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 23 | 1 |
| Feb 9 | 2 |
| Feb 2 | 2 |
| Jan 26 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Jazz Is | ||
| 2. | Little Jump | ||
| 3. | The Corner | ||
| 4. | Lost Star | ||
| 5. | Samsara | ||
| 6. | Journey Agent | ||
| 7. | Journey East From West | ||
| 8. | Journey of Now | ||
| 9. | Giggles | ||
| 10. | Middle Way | ||
| 11. | Princess | ||
| 12. | Witch Hunt | ||
| 13. | Mr. Jo Jones | ||
| 14. | Jazz Is a Spirit |