| Baker, Jim / More Questions than Answers |
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| Album: | More Questions than Answers | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Baker, Jim | Added: | Apr 2005 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-05-29 | Pull Date: | 2005-07-31 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 22, 2005: | Memory Select Tocsin Du Jour | 4. | Jul 01, 2005: | Memory Select Infinity Trap Blues | |
| 2. | Jul 19, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Is It Still Mime If ... | 5. | Jun 21, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Tolled Deadpan | |
| 3. | Jul 12, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Happenedstance | 6. | Jun 11, 2005: | Morning Glory Watching the Interstate |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-05-27 | ||
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Solo piano and sometimes analog synth. Jazz improvisations with an intimate, almost chamber feel, spinning classical/jazz ideas at a casual pace, fast but not showy, with a calm fireside demeanor. Baker throws out clusters and knots of notes, like a calmer Cecil Taylor. Pleasant stuff, but don't go looking for showtune standards here. Baker is a longtime favorite of the Chicago free-jazz scene, hanging out with the likes of Ken Vandermark. This is his first CD as a leader, but to hear more of him, check out in our library: * Caffeine (a Vandermark one-off project, nice free jazz) * Steam (ditto) * Rosenberg/Baker/Hatwich/Daisy -- Long, aggressive free-jazz tracks * Baker, Jim/Michael Zerang -- duet pieces, piano and drums PIANO 1- ECM feel, contemplative but with thick tangly periods 2- Definite bluesy feel, slow 4- Mid/fast calm tumbling 5- A twenty-minute thoughtful ramble, lots of cascading notes at a fairly consistent mid/fast pace 6- More speed and attitude than many tracks. Not that bluesy. 7- Quick footed after a slow start 9- Melodic, with some repeated elements for a more tangible feel 10- Casual, relatively calm 11- Slow, thoughtful 13- Slowly jumbled SYNTH 3- Tinny tone language, a nice monologue 8- Light wispy noises 12- Grumbles and low rumbles | ||
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