American Roadwork
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-02-23
Reviewed 2005-02-23
Marco Eneidi, Bay Area free-jazz hero, here with bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Peter Valsamis. The three had toured under the name "Sound On Survival" and paused in NY to record this gem.
Relaxed and bluesy! Eneidi is known for fast "energy" jazz (6,8,9,12), but on some tracks they made a conscious decision here to stick to blues forms and ideas, for a slower and more casual air (1,3,4) They're still freely improvised but with tangible grounding in blues scales and ideas. Great session overall.
1- A slow, summer-porch blues
2- Energetic. Starts slow but gets crazy.
3- Quiet jam
4- Sneaky blues riff
5- Fast; a nice short number
6- Starts coolly, gets into frenzied free sax
7- Fast
8- Very fast, after staggered start
9- Fast tumble
10- Calm and fast-rolling. Searing middle.
11- Somber bowed-bass solo, then a short slow blues
12- Fast and frenzied
Relaxed and bluesy! Eneidi is known for fast "energy" jazz (6,8,9,12), but on some tracks they made a conscious decision here to stick to blues forms and ideas, for a slower and more casual air (1,3,4) They're still freely improvised but with tangible grounding in blues scales and ideas. Great session overall.
1- A slow, summer-porch blues
2- Energetic. Starts slow but gets crazy.
3- Quiet jam
4- Sneaky blues riff
5- Fast; a nice short number
6- Starts coolly, gets into frenzied free sax
7- Fast
8- Very fast, after staggered start
9- Fast tumble
10- Calm and fast-rolling. Searing middle.
11- Somber bowed-bass solo, then a short slow blues
12- Fast and frenzied
Recent airplay
Vienna Blues
Umami Jazz Program — May 03, 2005
News Blues
Umami Jazz Program — Apr 26, 2005
Dreamt Up Blues #6 Part 1
Umami Jazz Program — Apr 19, 2005
Dreamt Up Blues #6 Part 2
Memory Select — Apr 15, 2005
Baby Please Don't Go
Memory Select — Apr 08, 2005
Baby Please Don't Go
Umami Jazz Program — Apr 05, 2005
Charting
2005-02-27 — 2005-05-01
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 1 | 1 |
| Apr 24 | 1 |
| Apr 17 | 1 |
| Apr 10 | 2 |
| Apr 3 | 2 |
| Mar 20 | 1 |
| Mar 13 | 2 |
| Mar 6 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Baby Please Don't Go | ||
| 2. | Dreamt Up Blues #6 Part 2 | ||
| 3. | News Blues | ||
| 4. | Contractual Obligation Blues | ||
| 5. | Shock and Awe Shucks | ||
| 6. | Dreamt Up Blues #3 | ||
| 7. | American Roadwork | ||
| 8. | Dreamt Up Blues #6 Part 1 | ||
| 9. | Dreamt Up Blues #5 | ||
| 10. | Nine | ||
| 11. | Vienna Blues | ||
| 12. | Short and Clean |