| Bradford/Wong/Roper / Purple Gums |
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| Album: | Purple Gums | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bradford/Wong/Roper | Added: | Aug 2003 | |
| Label: | Asian Improv Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-08-18 | Pull Date: | 2003-10-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 19 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 | Sep 14 | Sep 7 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 17, 2003: | Memory Select A Boy Like You | 4. | Sep 26, 2003: | Memory Select A Boy Like You | |
| 2. | Oct 15, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program Patois | 5. | Sep 22, 2003: | Fly By Night Bugle Boys | |
| 3. | Oct 03, 2003: | Memory Select Bugle Boys | 6. | Sep 12, 2003: | Memory Select A Boy Like You |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-08-21 | ||
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Trio improv: sax, trumpet, tuba. Wandering sketches of melody, more decisive than you'd expect given the lack of rhythm instruments -- they dive in, without many tentative segments. They also lock onto rhythms or melodies here and there (5, 7). Overall mood is bright and relaxed, with a mostly upbeat but careful pace, rather than an all-out attack. Roper (improvised?) spoken word on 3,4,6,8 1- Slow crossing melodies ... ok, this one does sound a bit tentative 2*- Playful explorations, starts with fluttering solo bits 3- Jazzy trumpet w/Roper monologue about purple gums 4**- Role-playing monologue about racism; music starts skittish but develops into some strong melody 5*- Midtempo, includes some goofing around with melodies. Cool beginning: "Sun comes up, sun goes down" 6*- Spoken word, w/calm flute & trumpet. Atmospheric, with mid/fast strange riff ending 7- Features recurring riff from the trumpet. 8- Bluesy, w/spoken word 9- Slow, somber | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Baleen and Porpoises | 5. | Bugle Boys | |||
| 2. | Patois | 6. | You a Square | |||
| 3. | Purple Gums | 7. | Falling Water | |||
| 4. | A Boy Like You | 8. | Li'l Sister | |||
| 9. | Procession of the Pall | |||||