Osby, Greg / St. Louis Shoes
| Album: | St. Louis Shoes | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Osby, Greg | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-07-14 | Pull Date: | 2003-09-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 31 | Aug 24 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 10, 2005: | Morning Glory
Bernie's Tune |
4. | Aug 19, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo |
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| 2. | Nov 19, 2003: | Tofutti break!
Shaw Nuff |
5. | Aug 05, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
Milton on Ebony |
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| 3. | Aug 26, 2003: | No Cover, No Minimum
Milton on Ebony |
6. | Aug 01, 2003: | Memory Select
Summertime |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-07-11
Reviewed 2003-07-11
Greg Osby's love letter to his native St. Louis: a mainstream-sounding mix of covers that often slaps new chords and/or structures on old favorites (2,5).
Tends toward the easygoing side, eschewing the math-minded complexity of Osby's other albums. That may be a product of his new, younger band -- most notably, pianist Jason Moran is gone, replaced by 21-year-old Harold O'Neal. Happy stuff, recommended. And dig Osby's old 'fro on the back cover!
1- Duke Ellington: slow and swingy, pleasantly retro, with some cool double-soloing near the end
2*- Mid/fast Dizzy Gillespie tune stretched into 5/4 time
3*- Monk tune, catchy and cute, on the slow side
4- Soft and breezy
5*- Laid-back minor key tune, some fast fluid soloing
6- Midtempo and breezy
7- Slow
8- Happy mid/fast ramble
9*- Slow demi-blues, with occasional off-kilter beats and dissonant chords. A pretty song.
Tends toward the easygoing side, eschewing the math-minded complexity of Osby's other albums. That may be a product of his new, younger band -- most notably, pianist Jason Moran is gone, replaced by 21-year-old Harold O'Neal. Happy stuff, recommended. And dig Osby's old 'fro on the back cover!
1- Duke Ellington: slow and swingy, pleasantly retro, with some cool double-soloing near the end
2*- Mid/fast Dizzy Gillespie tune stretched into 5/4 time
3*- Monk tune, catchy and cute, on the slow side
4- Soft and breezy
5*- Laid-back minor key tune, some fast fluid soloing
6- Midtempo and breezy
7- Slow
8- Happy mid/fast ramble
9*- Slow demi-blues, with occasional off-kilter beats and dissonant chords. A pretty song.
Track Listing
| 1. | East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | 5. | Summertime | |||
| 2. | Shaw Nuff | 6. | Milton on Ebony | |||
| 3. | Light Blue | 7. | The Single Petal of a Rose | |||
| 4. | Whirlwind Soldier | 8. | Bernie's Tune | |||
| 9. | St. Louis Blues | |||||