Giardullo, Joe / Language of Swans
| Album: | Language of Swans | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Giardullo, Joe | Added: | Jan 2003 | |
| Label: | Drimala | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-01-06 | Pull Date: | 2003-03-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
|---|
| Week Ending: | Mar 9 | Feb 23 | Feb 2 | Jan 26 | Jan 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 05, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Migrations |
4. | Jan 31, 2003: | Memory Select
Early Spring |
|
| 2. | Mar 07, 2003: | Memory Select
Rivers |
5. | Jan 24, 2003: | Memory Select
Fledge |
|
| 3. | Feb 21, 2003: | Memory Select
Early Spring |
6. | Jan 15, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program
Fledge |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-01-02
Reviewed 2003-01-02
Trio free/improv jazz, led by Joe Giardullo on sax and bass clarinet, backed with bass and drums. Appears to be mostly improvised jams with energetic but restrained playing -- quite nice.
Tracks 1 and 2 use hand drums for an accessible "world music" kind of sound.
1- Fast but with that calm "world music" sound (due to the use of hand drums)
2*- Popping bass clarinet and more cool hand drums
3- Propulsive, with flute. Starts all floaty/psychedelic. Good stuff.
4- PIANO! Soft and a bit loungy, actually very pretty, after an avant-garde intro
5*- Fast burbling rumble
6*- This one isn't *slow*, but it wanders, an ambling walk led by buzzing bass clarinet (some didjeridoo-like sounds). Drums are crisp and bright.
7- Duet: Bass and fluid squawky sax. On the quiet side.
Tracks 1 and 2 use hand drums for an accessible "world music" kind of sound.
1- Fast but with that calm "world music" sound (due to the use of hand drums)
2*- Popping bass clarinet and more cool hand drums
3- Propulsive, with flute. Starts all floaty/psychedelic. Good stuff.
4- PIANO! Soft and a bit loungy, actually very pretty, after an avant-garde intro
5*- Fast burbling rumble
6*- This one isn't *slow*, but it wanders, an ambling walk led by buzzing bass clarinet (some didjeridoo-like sounds). Drums are crisp and bright.
7- Duet: Bass and fluid squawky sax. On the quiet side.
Track Listing
| 1. | Rivers | 5. | Migrations | |||
| 2. | Fledge | 6. | The Language of Swans | |||
| 3. | Early Spring | 7. | Black Swan | |||
| 4. | A Tear for the Missing | . |