Less of Five / Acrobati Folli E Innamorati
| Album: | Acrobati Folli E Innamorati | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Less of Five | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | Nine Winds | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-08-23 | Pull Date: | 2004-10-25 | Charts: | Jazz |
|---|
| Week Ending: | Oct 24 | Oct 17 | Oct 10 | Sep 26 | Sep 12 | Sep 5 | Aug 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 22, 2011: | Music Casserole
Loop |
4. | Oct 15, 2004: | Memory Select
Le Calmar Dans Le Bassin |
|
| 2. | Oct 22, 2004: | Memory Select
Cus Cus |
5. | Oct 07, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program
Emulation |
|
| 3. | Oct 21, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program
Loop |
6. | Oct 05, 2004: | All This - And Mor!
Le Calmar Dans Le Bassin |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-08-29
Reviewed 2004-08-29
Free-jazz quartet with lots of dynamic group action. Piano and sax keep even the most chaotic pieces rooted in jazz, while the bass and drums often produce a jerky-stacatto non-rhythm.
Overall mood is upbeat and a little playful -- these guys seem like they're having fun. Most tracks slip into a bubbly jam when all four members play; the two 10-minute pieces (6, 11) also provide space for each member to solo unaccompanied. Tracks are consistently good; play them all.
1- Stumbly, halting flow
2- Quiet plinking. Gets louder and dark
3- Percussive popping, a really neat sound.
4- Relatively lyrical sax melody
5- Grooving. Starts with long tones over soft piano-drum patter.
6- Agile unaccompanied solos in succession. Some nice playing here.
7- Fast rumble. Hits a furious peak in the middle.
8- Like 4, a lyrical sax melody
9- Scattered and intense
10- Light and calm, but fairly fast
11- Calm and studious, with energetic solos
12- Fast sparse knots. Playful and a bit goofy.
13- Series of tumbling statements
14- Quiet, thoughtful. High squeaking near the end.
15- Catchy mid/fast riff on prepared piano
Overall mood is upbeat and a little playful -- these guys seem like they're having fun. Most tracks slip into a bubbly jam when all four members play; the two 10-minute pieces (6, 11) also provide space for each member to solo unaccompanied. Tracks are consistently good; play them all.
1- Stumbly, halting flow
2- Quiet plinking. Gets louder and dark
3- Percussive popping, a really neat sound.
4- Relatively lyrical sax melody
5- Grooving. Starts with long tones over soft piano-drum patter.
6- Agile unaccompanied solos in succession. Some nice playing here.
7- Fast rumble. Hits a furious peak in the middle.
8- Like 4, a lyrical sax melody
9- Scattered and intense
10- Light and calm, but fairly fast
11- Calm and studious, with energetic solos
12- Fast sparse knots. Playful and a bit goofy.
13- Series of tumbling statements
14- Quiet, thoughtful. High squeaking near the end.
15- Catchy mid/fast riff on prepared piano
Track Listing
| 1. | Acrobati Folli | 8. | Pollution 2 | |||
| 2. | Le Calmar Dans Le Bassin | 9. | Words Shadows | |||
| 3. | Cus Cus | 10. | A Frog's Rain | |||
| 4. | Pollution 1 | 11. | Temoignage De Proximite | |||
| 5. | Acrobati Innamorati | 12. | Emulation | |||
| 6. | Uma Onda De Musica Continua | 13. | Baobab | |||
| 7. | Four Sounds in the Cage | 14. | At Dead of Night | |||
| 15. | Loop | |||||