Midnight Minyan

Jazz | Oct 2003

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-11-21
Klezmer jazz, done in a smoky-lounge mood led by tenor sax. Upbeat and mostly playful. Reminiscent of John Zorn's Masada, unavoidably, but the sound is bigger and less firey, and the atmosphere is closer to traditional, pre-Ornette jazz. Nice stuff.

Includes Steve Bernstein (Lounge Lizards, Sex Mob) on trumpet and former East Bay favorite Peter Apfelbaum on backup sax.

1- Mid/slow and grand, like ballroom music
2- Fast-feeling shuffle
3- Slow, with blaring trumpet solo
4- Mid/fast with sweeping solos
5- Slow, super loungy
6- Traditional celebration piece made swingy
7- Slow horns over fast patter, almost a Calypso sound; gets into near-free overlapping solos
8- Slow crime-jazz feel
9- Big, loud, start-stop piece

Recent airplay

Lester Young's Misheberakh
Umami Jazz ProgramJul 04, 2006
Lester Young's Misheberakh
Morning GloryJan 10, 2004
Freigish Behavior
Memory SelectJan 09, 2004
Amidah
the jewish alternativeJan 06, 2004
To Life
the jewish alternativeDec 30, 2003
To Life
the jewish alternativeDec 23, 2003

Charting

2003-11-10 — 2004-01-12 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jan 11 3
Jan 4 1
Dec 28 1
Dec 21 2
Dec 14 1
Nov 23 4
Nov 16 1

Track listing

1. Ma Lecha Hayam
2. Freigish Behavior
3. Sim Shalom
4. Haftorah Prelude
5. Aitz Chaim He
6. To Life
7. Amidah
8. Lester Young's Misheberakh
9. Haftorah Postlude