| London Improvisers Orchestra / Freedom of the City 2002 |
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| Album: | Freedom of the City 2002 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | London Improvisers Orchestra | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Emanem | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-07-28 | Pull Date: | 2003-09-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 28 | Sep 21 | Aug 24 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 14, 2009: | Music Casserole Ruthless | 4. | Sep 18, 2003: | Civil Society Fanfare for L.I.O. | |
| 2. | Oct 03, 2003: | Memory Select Phone in | 5. | Aug 22, 2003: | Memory Select Ruthless | |
| 3. | Sep 26, 2003: | Memory Select Too Busy [excerpt] | 6. | Aug 04, 2003: | Fly By Night Ruthless |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-08-02 | ||
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Improvised pieces for large orchestra, based on different game rules or organizing ideas. Results aren't as overtly gimmicky as on previous albums, which takes away from the fun, but this is still good stuff. 1- Fourteen-segment piece that starts loud but is mainly quiet and sneakily rustling. Nice segments will bells, and later with prerecorded voice 2- Big and wild, w/wacky poetry. Great fast start w/ bells! 3- Trombone "concerto." Nicely tumbling feel, with occasional pauses where the trombone gets to solo. 4- Percussion trio. Quiet, starts inaudibly. 5- Building orchestral swirls. Pauses at about -2:00 for a series of "solos" by cell phones -- cute idea but possibly too quiet for radio 6- Quiet, minimalist strings. Builds to big loud ending. Kind of monochromatic, doesn't need to be 10 minutes. 7- Drunken marching-band fanfares, bookended by quiet patches | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Too Busy | 4. | Mamosa | |||
| 2. | Ruthless | 5. | Phone in | |||
| 3. | Concerto for Paul Rutherford | 6. | Giallo | |||
| 7. | Fanfare for L.I.O. | |||||