Amalgam(E): 10 Years O
Various Artists
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Ben
Reviewed 2004-07-28
Reviewed 2004-07-28
Amalgam(e): 10 years of Red Toucan (coll)
A retrospective from Montreal label Red Toucan. A nice mix of free and abstract, sweet ballads and free blowouts. There should be plenty of recognizable names here, so dig in and enjoy!
Disc 1:
*1. Light, quick swing (30 sec of intro banter)
*2. Pretty ballad
3. Abstract alternates with sweet duet
4. Agitated group improv
*5. Mellow intro leads to “world music” groove
**6. Nice groove from Glenn Spearman & Co.
7. Percussive piano solo
*8. Nice modern bop goes wild
9. Slow exploratory duet
10. Abstract solo bass
**11. Upbeat angular bop
*12. Wild disjoint improv
Disc 2:
**1. Blazing Brotzmann sax over powerful free rhythm section
*2. Med tempo free bop
*3. Nice abstract duet from Butcher & Hemmingway
4. Mellow ballad
5. Pretty and slow improv gets gradually busier
*6. Flowing piano/sax duet
7. Angular duet improv
8. Slow, atmospheric drones
*9. Raucous big band improv
*10. Nice crazed sax over speedy rhythm section, slows at end
11. Lite ballad
12. Classical sounding piano solo
Ben Bostwick 7/27/04
A retrospective from Montreal label Red Toucan. A nice mix of free and abstract, sweet ballads and free blowouts. There should be plenty of recognizable names here, so dig in and enjoy!
Disc 1:
*1. Light, quick swing (30 sec of intro banter)
*2. Pretty ballad
3. Abstract alternates with sweet duet
4. Agitated group improv
*5. Mellow intro leads to “world music” groove
**6. Nice groove from Glenn Spearman & Co.
7. Percussive piano solo
*8. Nice modern bop goes wild
9. Slow exploratory duet
10. Abstract solo bass
**11. Upbeat angular bop
*12. Wild disjoint improv
Disc 2:
**1. Blazing Brotzmann sax over powerful free rhythm section
*2. Med tempo free bop
*3. Nice abstract duet from Butcher & Hemmingway
4. Mellow ballad
5. Pretty and slow improv gets gradually busier
*6. Flowing piano/sax duet
7. Angular duet improv
8. Slow, atmospheric drones
*9. Raucous big band improv
*10. Nice crazed sax over speedy rhythm section, slows at end
11. Lite ballad
12. Classical sounding piano solo
Ben Bostwick 7/27/04
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Bittersweet
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Rotation
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Rather Dour
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Charting
2004-08-02 — 2004-10-03
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 26 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | 1 |
| Sep 5 | 3 |
| Aug 29 | 1 |
| Aug 22 | 2 |
| Aug 15 | 2 |
| Aug 8 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Serious | ||
| 2. | Prayer | ||
| 3. | Song for Jeanne Lee | ||
| 4. | Such As It Is | ||
| 5. | Deep Pocket | ||
| 6. | Go Left Out of Shantiville | ||
| 7. | Border Crossings Part 1 | ||
| 8. | Stable Chaos | ||
| 9. | Bittersweet | ||
| 10. | No Comment #1 | ||
| 11. | Polish Theatre Posters | ||
| 12. | C'est Ca #7 | ||
| 13. | Monkey Wrench | ||
| 14. | Rotation | ||
| 15. | Shooters and Bowlers | ||
| 16. | Beq | ||
| 17. | Arrears #2 | ||
| 18. | Signature #4 | ||
| 19. | Signature #C | ||
| 20. | Entering | ||
| 21. | Rather Dour | ||
| 22. | Transit | ||
| 23. | The Empress | ||
| 24. | Hommage a Debussy |