Six Fuchs
Jazz
| Apr 2005
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-04-23
Reviewed 2005-04-23
Free improvisation knitted from small, quick sounds -- clicks, clanks, metal rubbed against strings, quirky electronics, various noisemakers.
European visitor Fuchs headlines with pops and bleats from a bass clarinet (and sometimes saxophone) while the rest of the band is comprised of Bay Area folks, including the late Matthew Sperry. Abstract stuff well reflecting the "out-jazz" improv that's a big part of the local scene.
1,5- Fast-paced albeit sparse, with a quirky sound. Fuchs, presumably on bass clarinet, provides a chirpy background sound, occasionally providing a long low SWOOP amid the scribbles and plinks of the other players.
2- Playfully cautions; slow and often quiet. Does have a busy segment in the first few minutes and another towards the end.
3- Slow, with groany otherworld noises and alien low tones. Second half starts with a long quiet drone, slowly building.
4- Particularly busy. Slows down for the last couple minutes.
6- Quiet and low. Ends with slow groaning.
European visitor Fuchs headlines with pops and bleats from a bass clarinet (and sometimes saxophone) while the rest of the band is comprised of Bay Area folks, including the late Matthew Sperry. Abstract stuff well reflecting the "out-jazz" improv that's a big part of the local scene.
1,5- Fast-paced albeit sparse, with a quirky sound. Fuchs, presumably on bass clarinet, provides a chirpy background sound, occasionally providing a long low SWOOP amid the scribbles and plinks of the other players.
2- Playfully cautions; slow and often quiet. Does have a busy segment in the first few minutes and another towards the end.
3- Slow, with groany otherworld noises and alien low tones. Second half starts with a long quiet drone, slowly building.
4- Particularly busy. Slows down for the last couple minutes.
6- Quiet and low. Ends with slow groaning.
Recent airplay
(Loosely) Second Iridescence
Rebop — Apr 20, 2017
Ingot (Teacup) Minstrelsy
KZSU's Heartbleeps (& Matthew Sperry) — Jun 03, 2009
An Illegible Memory
Memory Select — May 15, 2009
An Illegible Memory
Memory Select: Myra Melford interview — Jun 24, 2005
A Touch of Grandshire, ...
The Dog and Pony show — Jun 11, 2005
(Loosely) Second Iridescence
Memory Select — Jun 03, 2005
Charting
2005-04-24 — 2005-06-26
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jun 12 | 1 |
| Jun 5 | 1 |
| May 22 | 1 |
| May 15 | 1 |
| May 8 | 1 |
| May 1 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | An Impish Onus in the Vogue | ||
| 2. | (Loosely) Second Iridescence | ||
| 3. | Buttery Consort | ||
| 4. | An Illegible Memory | ||
| 5. | Ingot (Teacup) Minstrelsy | ||
| 6. | A Touch of Grandshire, ... |