| Schwendener, Ben/Uwe Steinmetz / Apfelschaun |
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| Album: | Apfelschaun | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Schwendener, Ben/Uwe Steinmetz | Added: | Nov 2004 | |
| Label: | Gravity Arts Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-12-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-02-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 16 | Jan 9 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 22, 2011: | (Last Day Of) Summer-Time Sunshine June 13TH | 4. | Jun 23, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder June 13TH, Eternal Harvest | |
| 2. | Nov 26, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder Mood Swings | 5. | Feb 17, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder June 13TH | |
| 3. | Dec 29, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder June 13TH, Eternal Harvest | 6. | Feb 10, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder Eternal Harvest |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-12-19 | ||
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Mellow mainstream jazz in a cross between the late-'60s model and ECM. Maybe a little too lyrical for its own good, with track 1 treading on (god forbid) new age territory. Fairly serious stuff; the mood isn't exactly heavy but it's definitely wintry. That said, the best tracks get into serious jams with a smoky post-bop tinge, and Uwe Steinmetz on sax adds plenty of Euro creativity to the mix. Exciting stuff beneath a calm surface. Mostly quartet pieces featuring Ben Schwendener on piano and Steinmetz on sax. The occasional trumpet from Sven Klammer adds some nice bite. 1- Tumbling but gentle, a mid/fast new age relaxer *2- Cool stormy '60s feel, with trumpet 3- Solo soprano sax, twirly and fast 4- An intense bluesy trumpet solo, after slow start 5- Slow intro, into jaunty Euro-folk jazz *6- Cute fast scales over simple bassline. Piano-sax duet. 7- Slow, sad 8- Pensive, with mid/fast theme *9- Nice dark-mood theme that gets stormy and intense 10- Moody jazz/classical duet of sax & piano *11- Bacharach-like romantic theme, into swirling near-free territory 12- Slow, with a nice trumpet solo | ||
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