Bloom, Jane Ira / Chasing Paint
| Album: | Chasing Paint | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bloom, Jane Ira | Added: | Apr 2003 | |
| Label: | Arabesque Jazz | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-05-12 | Pull Date: | 2003-07-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 13 | Jun 15 | Jun 8 | Jun 1 | May 25 | May 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 25, 2023: | Music Casserole
Alchemy |
4. | Jun 06, 2003: | Memory Select
Jackson Pollock |
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| 2. | Jul 11, 2003: | Memory Select
Alchemy |
5. | May 30, 2003: | Memory Select
The Sweetest Sounds |
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| 3. | Jun 13, 2003: | Memory Select
Alchemy |
6. | May 27, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
On Seeing Jp |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-05-29
Reviewed 2003-05-29
Bloom is a saxophonist in the downtown NYC circle, but she's always leaned toward a more mainstream sound -- a few outside ideas around a near-mainstream core.
This is a tribute to Jackson Pollock, but it's not the wild abandon you'd expect... most of the album is abstract and nonlinear, but in a slow, contemplative way. Pianist Fred Hersch keeps things particularly soft, although he does nice Cecil Taylor-like dabbling on tracks like 7 and 8.
1- Mid/fast, breezy. Opens soft and overly emotive.
2*- Stormy but peaceful, w/Mark Dresser bass solo behind cool Bobby Previte drums
3- Solo soprano sax, a warm but mournful call
4- Spirited bop, after slow start
5- Soft, sad, sentimental
6- Midtempo
7*- Scattery, fast. Ends w/splashes of electronics
8*- Quietly abstract
9*- Midtempo, melodically dizzy
This is a tribute to Jackson Pollock, but it's not the wild abandon you'd expect... most of the album is abstract and nonlinear, but in a slow, contemplative way. Pianist Fred Hersch keeps things particularly soft, although he does nice Cecil Taylor-like dabbling on tracks like 7 and 8.
1- Mid/fast, breezy. Opens soft and overly emotive.
2*- Stormy but peaceful, w/Mark Dresser bass solo behind cool Bobby Previte drums
3- Solo soprano sax, a warm but mournful call
4- Spirited bop, after slow start
5- Soft, sad, sentimental
6- Midtempo
7*- Scattery, fast. Ends w/splashes of electronics
8*- Quietly abstract
9*- Midtempo, melodically dizzy
Track Listing
| 1. | Unexpected Light | 5. | Many Wonders | |||
| 2. | Chasing Paint | 6. | Jackson Pollock | |||
| 3. | The Sweetest Sounds | 7. | Alchemy | |||
| 4. | On Seeing Jp | 8. | Reflections of the Big ... | |||
| 9. | White Light | |||||