Hubbard, Nathan / Skeleton Key Orchestra
| Album: | Skeleton Key Orchestra | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hubbard, Nathan | Added: | Jan 2004 | |
| Label: | Circumvention Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-03-08 | Pull Date: | 2004-05-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 9 | May 2 | Apr 11 | Apr 4 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 21, 2008: | Memory Select
Is That You (Earl)? / Dogs Don't Bark at Ghosts |
4. | Apr 09, 2004: | Memory Select
A Murder of Crows [excerpt] |
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| 2. | May 04, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program
East on 53RD Street |
5. | Apr 02, 2004: | Memory Select
Is That You (Earl)? |
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| 3. | Apr 30, 2004: | Memory Select
Raincastle [excerpt] |
6. | Mar 19, 2004: | Memory Select
Next Love (All Things Want To Fly) |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-03-13
Reviewed 2004-03-13
Exciting jazz orchestra music with horns, strings, electric guitar, xylophone, etc. The composing has the richness of '60s jazz -- swinging or bopping unison lines, that sort of thing -- and is very well performed. This took a lot of work.
These are long pieces (11-36 minutes in a two-disk set) that combine the composed parts with some avant-minded soloing, lots of free-space improvising and, on a couple of tracks, some wacky electronics and sound effects. Tracks go through multiple phases and do well at "telling a story." Impressive stuff.
1- Chaotic start, into strong midtempo theme and heavy beat. Gets into electric Miles territory... STOPS around -6:30 for a quiet phase, then raucous, almost singing horns.
2- Slow intro into a very nice '60s free jazz segment. At about -10:00, a good start/stop point.
Middle section includes a nice summery jazz jam. Ends with sad
electric guitar and strings.
3- Soft. Starts with an Eastern motif, relaxing, with flute. Some good poetry with clever wordplay, and a loungy sax break.
4- Funky! Sort of. Clanging street-jazz jam into a mid/fast groove with weird instruments. Gets into fast squiggly noises and fusiony electric bass chords.
5- Wow, angry guitar, into mad orchestral attack and outright NOISE.
Nice excerpt would be roughly -20:00 to -14:00: Noise session that
shifts into Casio tiki-lounge beat.
6- Calm Asian themes at a fast clip. Dissolves into screeches and honking, then some '60s style free jazz.
7- Blazing guitar and drums over slow, angular strings. Second half slow.
8- Manic. Crazy-quilt piano and vibes into insane electronic noise. A cool bebop break later on. Ends with fast crashing percussion.
These are long pieces (11-36 minutes in a two-disk set) that combine the composed parts with some avant-minded soloing, lots of free-space improvising and, on a couple of tracks, some wacky electronics and sound effects. Tracks go through multiple phases and do well at "telling a story." Impressive stuff.
1- Chaotic start, into strong midtempo theme and heavy beat. Gets into electric Miles territory... STOPS around -6:30 for a quiet phase, then raucous, almost singing horns.
2- Slow intro into a very nice '60s free jazz segment. At about -10:00, a good start/stop point.
Middle section includes a nice summery jazz jam. Ends with sad
electric guitar and strings.
3- Soft. Starts with an Eastern motif, relaxing, with flute. Some good poetry with clever wordplay, and a loungy sax break.
4- Funky! Sort of. Clanging street-jazz jam into a mid/fast groove with weird instruments. Gets into fast squiggly noises and fusiony electric bass chords.
5- Wow, angry guitar, into mad orchestral attack and outright NOISE.
Nice excerpt would be roughly -20:00 to -14:00: Noise session that
shifts into Casio tiki-lounge beat.
6- Calm Asian themes at a fast clip. Dissolves into screeches and honking, then some '60s style free jazz.
7- Blazing guitar and drums over slow, angular strings. Second half slow.
8- Manic. Crazy-quilt piano and vibes into insane electronic noise. A cool bebop break later on. Ends with fast crashing percussion.
Track Listing