Young, Jacob / Evening Falls
Album: Evening Falls   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Young, Jacob   Added:Aug 2004
Label:Ecm Records (Jazz)  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-09-13 Pull Date: 2004-11-14 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 31 Oct 3 Sep 26 Sep 19
Airplays: 1 1 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 29, 2004: No Cover, No Minimum
Formerly
4. Sep 23, 2004: Umami Jazz Program
Presence of Descant
2. Oct 01, 2004: Still No Cover, No Minimum
Presence of Descant
5. Sep 19, 2004: Oh Messy Life
Evening Air
3. Sep 24, 2004: Memory Select
Sky
6. Sep 17, 2004: Memory Select
Presence of Descant

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-09-24
Relaxing session in the usual ECM vein, this time led by acoustic or soft electric guitar, accompanied by trumpet and bass clarinet. Trumpet in particular adds an icy air to the session. As with many ECM sessions, the group keeps that mellow feel even as they dive into some adventurous soloing.

Mostly enjoyable stuff with room to explore. The acoustic numbers start a bit too much like HGTV background music, especially 1 and 2.

Young is Norweigan, born in Lillehammer, and this is his first CD.

1- Pastoral acoustic guitar, relaxing horns
2- Fairly slow and swinging
3- Slow and dour
4- Stumbly, and slowly brash
5- Midtempo, gentle, with some nice guitar
6- Nice two-horn improvising, tones of '60s jazz clubs under a slow facade
7- Midtempo; strong melodic lines
8- A corny/trite new age turn, meant to be melodic and uplifting
9- Slow outro. Starts with some jazzy guitar/bass duetting

Track Listing
1. Blue   5. Sky
2. Evening Air   6. Presence of Descant
3. Minor Peace   7. Formerly
4. Looking for Jon   8. The Promise
  9. Falling