| Jensson, Hilmar / Tyft |
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| Album: | Tyft | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Jensson, Hilmar | Added: | Dec 2002 | |
| Label: | Songlines Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-01-06 | Pull Date: | 2003-03-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 | Feb 2 | Jan 26 | Jan 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 20, 2009: | Memory Select Sinbad Glick | 4. | Jun 15, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program Short or Hairy | |
| 2. | Jun 26, 2009: | Memory Select Morthanna | 5. | Mar 07, 2003: | Memory Select Morthanna | |
| 3. | Aug 09, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Even If ... | 6. | Feb 26, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program Even If ... |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-01-05 | ||
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Avant-jazz with the feel of disassembled rock. Guitar, sax and drums with an aggressive but sparse sound ... there's lots of noise but it feels slow-moving overall. Often, they'll have the drums (Jim Black) pounding explosively, behind patient guitar-and-sax lines (Jenssen, and Andrew D'Angelo, respectively). Dark and sometimes harsh... but with serene, pretty moments of solo guitar (2,5,7,12). Black's drumming on the rock-like numbers is a particular treat - he's an exciting player who can lay down a ferocious beat. Side note: These guys all hang out together. Black and D'Angelo shared a Seattle flat years ago and played in a band called Human Feel (with Chris Speed and Kurt Rosenwinkle). And Jenssen, an Icelander, plays in Black's band, Alas No Axis. "Tyft" is Jenssen's first album as a leader, AFAIK. 1*- Midtempo, after squirrely free intro 2*- Solo guitar, sparkling, gliding 3*- Starts with quiet Matmos-like chirpy sounds, ends with an upbeat Tim Berne-like composition 4- Tumbing chaos; not that fast. 5- Quiet and sparse, w/noisy finale 6- Choppy, fairly loud, w/busy drums 7- Acoustic solo 8- Disturbed. Ends floaty. 9- Morose strumming. Atmospheric. 10- Sparse, w/slow composed bit at the end 11*- Spry and Beefhart-like, with spoken word 12- Minor-key strumming | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Short or Hairy | 7. | Yolanda | |||
| 2. | Searching for Glick | 8. | Even If ... | |||
| 3. | Sinbad Glick | 9. | Tyft | |||
| 4. | Three Oily Tuesdays | 10. | Death of a Penguin | |||
| 5. | Uncle Fishhook | 11. | Indelable Scars | |||
| 6. | Morthanna | 12. | Tyft 2 |