Like-Coping

Parker, Jeff
Delmark Records
Jazz | Mar 2003

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-03-21
Guitar jazz, and the first album led by Parker, a sideman in the Tortoise/Chicago Underground kinds of bands.

Gentle feel overall, like "normal" guitar jazz with nicely complex writing and soloing and a pleasant atmosphere. Plus a couple of clattery free-improv tracks just to show Parker's not going entirely soft. Not sure this is ground-breaking, but it's very enjoyable, not to mention a treat for those who've been waiting for Parker to strike out on his own.

1- Calm
2*- Uptempo, quiet feel
3- Oddball intro, gentle groove
4- Noisy improv
5- Midtempo; gently creeping theme
6- Mid/fast
7*- Free improv, noisy
8*- Upbeat, mid/fast
9*- Fast and loose, in a stop-start pattern
10- Midtempo
11*- Midtempo jazz walk, very much "regular" jazz, with eerie intro
12- Exotic flute, fast laid-back rhythm

Recent airplay

Scrambler
Memory SelectDec 15, 2009
Pinecone
Morning GloryJan 17, 2004
Like-Coping
Memory SelectMay 09, 2003
Miriam
Memory SelectApr 25, 2003
Pinecone
Memory SelectApr 11, 2003
Scrambler
Memory SelectMar 21, 2003

Charting

2003-03-10 — 2003-05-12 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
May 11 1
Apr 27 1
Apr 13 1
Mar 23 2
Mar 16 1

Track listing

1. Miriam
2. Like-Coping
3. Days Fly By
4. Holiday for a Despot
5. Onyx
6. Watusi
7. Omega Sci Fi
8. Pinecone
9. Cubes
10. Plain Song
11. Scrambler
12. Roundabout