| Opsvik, Eivind / Overseas |
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| Album: | Overseas | Collection: | Missing | |
| Artist: | Opsvik, Eivind | Added: | May 2003 | |
| Label: | Fresh Sound New Talent | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-06-16 | Pull Date: | 2003-08-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 17 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 15, 2003: | Memory Select Foxtrot | 4. | Jul 20, 2003: | To the Moon Punchball | |
| 2. | Jul 30, 2003: | press and release Foxtrot | 5. | Jul 18, 2003: | Memory Select Punchball | |
| 3. | Jul 25, 2003: | Memory Select Foxtrot | 6. | Jul 13, 2003: | To the Moon Quickstep |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-06-22 | ||
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Contemporary jazz, often soft and comforting, from a Norweigan bassist. Many tracks have a slow, quiet start and build to something bigger and louder, so the first few seconds are often deceptive. A few NYC guest stars here and there -- Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver, Tony Malaby 1*- Mid/fast, off-kilter funk. Includes a slowish, free passage 2- Slow/mid, cheesy cocktail jazz feel 3*- Cool midtempo bass riff, some wacky piano and organ soloing. Second half fast. 4- Fast shuffle, cutesly electric-piano theme 5- Quiet, w/lots of organ; gets big and dramatic 6- Quiet bass solo 7*- Midtempo, a bit funky 8- Gospel, slow and melodic 9- Small avant-garde splashes 10- Slow, mournful 11- Midtempo, loud and stormy 12- Soft, warm; very "ECM" sound. Gets louder. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Foxtrot | 7. | Quickstep | |||
| 2. | Redford | 8. | Earthly | |||
| 3. | Punchball | 9. | Hertzian Waves | |||
| 4. | Ivandovich | 10. | Indian Summer | |||
| 5. | Italian Movie Theme | 11. | Prelude | |||
| 6. | Twelve Days | 12. | Overseas |