Devil's Workshop Big Band / Idle Hands
| Album: | Idle Hands | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Devil's Workshop Big Band | Added: | Jun 2003 | |
| Label: | Grantham Dispatch | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-10-06 | Pull Date: | 2003-12-08 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 19 | Oct 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 21, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder
Hittin' the Wall |
3. | Oct 15, 2003: | press and release
Hittin' the Wall |
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| 2. | Oct 21, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program
Hittin' the Wall |
4. | Oct 10, 2003: | Memory Select
Hittin' the Wall |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-10-05
Reviewed 2003-10-05
Big band that mixes a traditional jazz sound with some modern touches like burning blues-rock guitar (#8 especially). Overall straightforward and accessible ... Only track #1 features wild free abandon. Nice tight playing throughout.
The band's sound is, well, *big* and has a lot of punch, but the slower tracks dip into obvious melody that gets cheesy.
1*- Big free mess, eventually coalesces into swaying, cinematic composition
2- Gentle; big cinematic intro, calm guitar solo
3- Mid/fast with a cool, calm pace. Very "big-band" sounding.
4- Mellow R&B. Sappy.
5*- Fast and brutal
6- *FCC* "shit" 4 or 5 times starting at -6:24 .... Hip '70s funk, mid/fast, w/some singing and quasi-rapping
7- Fast
8*- Fast and snappy, with a heart-pounding danceable riff near the end.
9- Fast-paced chill-out ending, w/electric piano and melodic sax lead
The band's sound is, well, *big* and has a lot of punch, but the slower tracks dip into obvious melody that gets cheesy.
1*- Big free mess, eventually coalesces into swaying, cinematic composition
2- Gentle; big cinematic intro, calm guitar solo
3- Mid/fast with a cool, calm pace. Very "big-band" sounding.
4- Mellow R&B. Sappy.
5*- Fast and brutal
6- *FCC* "shit" 4 or 5 times starting at -6:24 .... Hip '70s funk, mid/fast, w/some singing and quasi-rapping
7- Fast
8*- Fast and snappy, with a heart-pounding danceable riff near the end.
9- Fast-paced chill-out ending, w/electric piano and melodic sax lead
Track Listing
| 1. | (Free) | 5. | Hittin' the Wall | |||
| 2. | Spanish Sanford | 6. | Mushroom Tattoos | |||
| 3. | The New Guy | 7. | Today Was Good | |||
| 4. | Have a Little Faith in Me | 8. | Oh Snap! | |||
| 9. | Morning Bell | |||||