Charmediterraneen
Jazz
| Apr 2003
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-05-08
Reviewed 2003-05-08
European Big band, lots of brass, bold violins. Combines American big-band swing with a more formal Euro/symphony sound, plus some off-the-wall add-ins by ECM regulars like Anouar Brahem (playing oud). Overall upbeat and fun, very accessible, although it gets cheesy in a few places.
Tracks 1-6 are a suite, as are 7-9 and 11-12.
1- Big happy flourish 2- Free-form muttering, then a perky set of solos. Cool. 3- Slowly grand themes, some cool fast soloing 4- Upbeat grooving 5- Rockin'... in a really cheesy way. Avoid. 6- Upbeat, goes on a wacky free tangent for a while
7, 8, 9 - Swinging little suite. 7 and 9 are mostly fast, with 9 featuring an electric guitar solo. 8 is a slinky midtempo with a good sax solo.
10- Sprited, short trio with oud and sax
11, 12 - Mostly slow and dramatic. Brassy
13- Warm and sentimenal. Not subtle.
14- Uptempo after a long slow intro. Very cool bass solo.
15- Quiet and nice
Tracks 1-6 are a suite, as are 7-9 and 11-12.
1- Big happy flourish 2- Free-form muttering, then a perky set of solos. Cool. 3- Slowly grand themes, some cool fast soloing 4- Upbeat grooving 5- Rockin'... in a really cheesy way. Avoid. 6- Upbeat, goes on a wacky free tangent for a while
7, 8, 9 - Swinging little suite. 7 and 9 are mostly fast, with 9 featuring an electric guitar solo. 8 is a slinky midtempo with a good sax solo.
10- Sprited, short trio with oud and sax
11, 12 - Mostly slow and dramatic. Brassy
13- Warm and sentimenal. Not subtle.
14- Uptempo after a long slow intro. Very cool bass solo.
15- Quiet and nice
Recent airplay
Estramadure, parts 2 and 3
Memory Select — Jun 13, 2003
Charmediterraneen
Oh Messy Life — Apr 27, 2003
Charting
2003-04-21 — 2003-06-23
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 15 | 1 |
| May 4 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Sequenze Orifiche | ||
| 2. | Prologo: L'orfeo | ||
| 3. | Sequenza Prima | ||
| 4. | Sequenza Seconda | ||
| 5. | Sequenza Terza | ||
| 6. | Sequenza Quarta | ||
| 7. | Estramadure Part 1 | ||
| 8. | Estramadure Part 2 | ||
| 9. | Estramadure Part 3 | ||
| 10. | Montbeliard Trio | ||
| 11. | Artefact Part 1 | ||
| 12. | Artefact Part 2 | ||
| 13. | Argentiera | ||
| 14. | Charmediterraneen | ||
| 15. | Argentiera |