Brock, Zach/Coffee Achievers / Chemistry
| Album: | Chemistry | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Brock, Zach/Coffee Achievers | Added: | Mar 2005 | |
| Label: | Secret Fort Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-03-06 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-08 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 | Apr 10 | Mar 27 | Mar 20 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 04, 2015: | Rebop
This Is Just, Cold Turkey |
4. | Jul 08, 2009: | Getting Over the Hump! (Full Moon)
1 A.M. Gate |
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| 2. | Oct 03, 2014: | Rebop
In Thoughts and Dreams |
5. | May 01, 2005: | Subcutaneous Phycomycosis
In Thoughts and Dreams |
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| 3. | Mar 08, 2011: | Rebop
In Thoughts and Dreams |
6. | Apr 27, 2005: | Junk: The Best of Jazz n' Funk
I Can't Help Myself, This Is Just |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-03-03
Reviewed 2005-03-03
Mainstream jazz violinist with a strong creative streak. Heavy doses of Jean Luc Ponty in his blood, but Brock has the taste to use his prog/fusion chops only on certain tracks. He'll use distortion to get a guitar sound from the violin -- which is either edgy or too "classic rock" depending on POV (#1,5).
Recommended despite some unpleasantly sappy songs (#9 especially). But if the industry powers ever decide to market Brock as the Next Big Thing, I guess they'll be glad to see he can show some heart.
My faves : 1,5,7,8
1- Slow, lingering, chiming. Builds during a guitar-like solo
2- Cute, perky midtempo with odd time sigs. Gets cheesy.
3- Schlocky "luv" funk, light but pretty
4- Parisian sidewalk-cafe sound
5- Complex prog-like scrawls, fairly fast
6- Soft, slow. Female vocal
7- Light, bouncing, w/harmonica & male voc. A bit Metheny-like in spots.
8- Proggy Daryl Anger sound. Rips it up in the solo.
9- Soft and happy and just awful
Recommended despite some unpleasantly sappy songs (#9 especially). But if the industry powers ever decide to market Brock as the Next Big Thing, I guess they'll be glad to see he can show some heart.
My faves : 1,5,7,8
1- Slow, lingering, chiming. Builds during a guitar-like solo
2- Cute, perky midtempo with odd time sigs. Gets cheesy.
3- Schlocky "luv" funk, light but pretty
4- Parisian sidewalk-cafe sound
5- Complex prog-like scrawls, fairly fast
6- Soft, slow. Female vocal
7- Light, bouncing, w/harmonica & male voc. A bit Metheny-like in spots.
8- Proggy Daryl Anger sound. Rips it up in the solo.
9- Soft and happy and just awful
Track Listing
| 1. | Cold Turkey | 5. | Remember Young Ray | |||
| 2. | This Is Just | 6. | Playa Blanca | |||
| 3. | 1 A.M. Gate | 7. | I Can't Help Myself | |||
| 4. | Unchosen | 8. | In Thoughts and Dreams | |||
| 9. | Almost Never Was | |||||