Half Past Autumn Suite
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-02-23
Reviewed 2003-02-23
Easy contemporary jazz, led by 24-year-old trumpeter Mayfield ... who's done some fun work with Los Hombres Calientes but is in tame, suit-and-tie form here. Mainstream stuff -- nothing adventurous here, but it's well executed.
The Gimmick: These songs were commissioned to accompany a photography exhibit by Gordon Parks, an 89-year-old artist who's been the subject of an HBO documentary.
Parks plays piano on track 9; Wynton Marsalis guests on 8.
1*- Mid/fast, slinky
2- Slow, romantic
3- Interesting percussion gives way to mellow piano jazz
4- Soft
5**- Mid/fast, with players trading off solos. Cookin'.
6- Sappy
7- Slow, kinda '70s
8*- Mellow New Orleans blues, with some pretty cool soloing
9- Slow, atmospheric
10*- Slow, stormy, with some "free" elements
The Gimmick: These songs were commissioned to accompany a photography exhibit by Gordon Parks, an 89-year-old artist who's been the subject of an HBO documentary.
Parks plays piano on track 9; Wynton Marsalis guests on 8.
1*- Mid/fast, slinky
2- Slow, romantic
3- Interesting percussion gives way to mellow piano jazz
4- Soft
5**- Mid/fast, with players trading off solos. Cookin'.
6- Sappy
7- Slow, kinda '70s
8*- Mellow New Orleans blues, with some pretty cool soloing
9- Slow, atmospheric
10*- Slow, stormy, with some "free" elements
Recent airplay
Moonscape
Sunshine ... in the Afternoon — Mar 12, 2009
Flowerscape
Sunshine ... in the Afternoon — Sep 15, 2006
Moonscape
Morning Glory — Jan 31, 2006
Evening
Morning Glory — Jan 17, 2004
Flowerscape
No Cover, No Minimum — Apr 08, 2003
Flowerscape, Love Petals, Moonscape
Sean's Show — Apr 06, 2003
Charting
2003-02-24 — 2003-04-28
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 13 | 3 |
| Mar 23 | 1 |
| Mar 16 | 1 |
| Mar 9 | 1 |
| Mar 2 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Moonscape | ||
| 2. | Love Petals | ||
| 3. | Evening | ||
| 4. | Jazz Poetry #2 | ||
| 5. | Flowerscape | ||
| 6. | Fatimah | ||
| 7. | Jazz Poetry #1 | ||
| 8. | Blue Dawn | ||
| 9. | Wind Song | ||
| 10. | Toward Infinity |