| Rara Avis / Rara Avis |
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| Album: | Rara Avis | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Rara Avis | Added: | Apr 2004 | |
| Label: | Generate Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-05-03 | Pull Date: | 2004-07-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 4 | Jun 27 | Jun 6 | May 30 | May 16 | May 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 16, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program Isthmus | 4. | Jun 04, 2004: | Memory Select Conspirators | |
| 2. | Jul 02, 2004: | Memory Select Dust | 5. | Jun 01, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program Isthmus | |
| 3. | Jun 25, 2004: | Memory Select Hive | 6. | May 28, 2004: | Memory Select Isthmus |
| Album Review |
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| Ben Bostwick Reviewed 2004-05-04 | ||
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Wow! This is the best improv album I’ve heard in a long time. Arnal, Beeferman and Misterka have a novel modern abstract group sound, but it’s still based on a solid free jazz tradition. They move from playful to serious throughout the disc and while everything is pretty clattery, the result is always interesting. 1. Builds from sparse start to interesting group work *2. insistent drumbeat drives group plinking **3. Angry and jagged *4. slow, cascading in a beautifully weird way *5. Lots of squealing with great backing **6. interesting movement, great group work 7. Quiet understated motion *8. Slow, exotic and mysterious *9. Agitated improv *10. Deceivingly pretty 11. Short and plinky | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Dust | 6. | Paraphernalia | |||
| 2. | Conspirators | 7. | Allucidation | |||
| 3. | Hive | 8. | Sirens | |||
| 4. | Lost World | 9. | Recombination | |||
| 5. | Basement Scientist | 10. | Isthmus | |||
| 11. | Screw Creature | |||||