| Ckw Trio / Is, the |
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| Album: | Is, the | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ckw Trio | Added: | Dec 2004 | |
| Label: | Black Hat Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-01-03 | Pull Date: | 2005-03-07 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Jan 30 | Jan 16 | Jan 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 22, 2005: | Memory Select 4+#11M6M7 | 4. | Feb 15, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Marchin' Home | |
| 2. | Feb 26, 2005: | The Dog and Pony Show Mondrian En Amerique | 5. | Feb 08, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program R'izhii | |
| 3. | Feb 18, 2005: | Memory Select Alex in Wonderland, Mondrian En Amerique, (Track 9), 4+#11M6M7 | 6. | Jan 28, 2005: | Memory Select Alex in Wonderland |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-01-02 | ||
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Free jazz with an avant-garde bent, as you can hear in the opening moments of the first track. A local trio led by Michael Cooke on sax et.al., joined by cello and percussion. Cooke displays a nice range. Most tracks are in a traditional free jazz mode -- that is, they're based on recognizably "jazz" compositions and get a bit daring with the solos, usually showing tasteful restraint. A few of the tracks wander into more abstract, academic territory but still sound downright friendly (#10 comes to mind). By the way -- the name of the album is "The Is." 1- Crazy, scrabbly avant-garde: wild, with quiet spots 2- Wandering and lyrical 3- Strong midtempo led by sly low-register riff 4- Indian feel. Quiet start. 5- A quasi-Klezmer stomp, fairly fast but subdued 6- Busy, high-energy groove. Slow start. 7- Bassoon! A spritely feel, gets energetic 8- A fast burble with rubber-band cello intro and nice clarinet 9- Upbeat, stumbling swing. 10- Peppy but sparse. Brightly abstract. 11- A low-key casual groove, nice smoky feel | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mondrian En Amerique | 6. | Alex in Wonderland | |||
| 2. | Augmented | 7. | 4+#11M6M7 | |||
| 3. | Iram | 8. | (Track 8) | |||
| 4. | (Track 4) | 9. | (Track 9) | |||
| 5. | R'izhii | 10. | Spirits | |||
| 11. | Marchin' Home | |||||