| Allison, Ben/Medicine Wheel / Buzz |
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| Album: | Buzz | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Allison, Ben/Medicine Wheel | Added: | Jun 2004 | |
| Label: | Palmetto Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-06-07 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 8 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jun 27 | Jun 20 | Jun 13 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 07, 2004: | Storytime! -- Summer Mauritania, Green Al | 4. | Jul 16, 2004: | Memory Select Respiration | |
| 2. | Aug 07, 2004: | Morning Glory R&B Fantasy | 5. | Jul 10, 2004: | Morning Glory R&B Fantasy | |
| 3. | Jul 23, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum Respiration | 6. | Jun 25, 2004: | Memory Select Green Al |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-06-10 | ||
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Among mainstream jazz composers, Allison brings in some fresh compositional ideas while sticking to a relatively mellow aesthetic. The result is jazz that's very "nice," with a softness recalling the mellow side of '60s Blue Note acts. Allison's writing style is solidly mainstream jazz but includes doses of interesting new ideas, such as the block-chords theme in (2). 1- Mysterious mid/fast drifting, with bright bluesy piano solo 2- Calm chords over hyper percussion, for a mildly tense feel 3- Playfully loungy. Midtempo and soft. 4- Tropical island vamp, a relaxed midtempo 5- Soft, gentle, with sparse wandering solo space 6- Gently perky, w/soft horns. Midtempo 7- Beatles cover: gentle, lonely; sparse but pretty. Sorry, I still say jazz versions of Beatles songs are hokey (and I *love* the Beatles) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Respiration | 4. | Mauritania | |||
| 2. | Buzz | 5. | Erato | |||
| 3. | Green Al | 6. | R&B Fantasy | |||
| 7. | Across the Universe | |||||