Mayfield, Irvin/Gordon Parks / Half Past Autumn Suite
| Album: | Half Past Autumn Suite | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mayfield, Irvin/Gordon Parks | Added: | Feb 2003 | |
| Label: | Basin Street | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-02-24 | Pull Date: | 2003-04-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 13 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 12, 2009: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Moonscape |
4. | Jan 17, 2004: | Morning Glory
Evening |
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| 2. | Sep 15, 2006: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Flowerscape |
5. | Apr 08, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
Flowerscape |
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| 3. | Jan 31, 2006: | Morning Glory
Moonscape |
6. | Apr 06, 2003: | Sean's Show
Flowerscape, Love Petals, Moonscape |
Album Review
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
Track Listing
| 1. | Moonscape | 6. | Fatimah | |||
| 2. | Love Petals | 7. | Jazz Poetry #1 | |||
| 3. | Evening | 8. | Blue Dawn | |||
| 4. | Jazz Poetry #2 | 9. | Wind Song | |||
| 5. | Flowerscape | 10. | Toward Infinity |