| Fringe, the / Live at Zeitgeist |
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| Album: | Live at Zeitgeist | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Fringe, the | Added: | Apr 2005 | |
| Label: | Resolution Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-05-15 | Pull Date: | 2005-07-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 19 | May 29 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 12, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program All Aboard | 4. | Jun 17, 2005: | Memory Select From Here to there | |
| 2. | Jul 05, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program All Aboard | 5. | May 27, 2005: | Memory Select All Aboard | |
| 3. | Jul 01, 2005: | Memory Select All Aboard | 6. | May 24, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program All Aboard |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-05-16 | ||
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Terrific sax-bass-drums trio with an energetic out-jazz sound. Some tracks do include composed parts but are mostly lengthy open soloing, staying within a jazzy sound (Jimmy Lyons is a good comparison, or local hero Marco Eneidi). Sax leads the way, of course. These guys have played the Boston area for 25+ years, an enthusiastic live crowd adds to the spirit on this recording. Mainstream jazz star Joe Lovano (!) guests on #6 and 7, showing a nice talent for free blowing. Go, Joe! ALL TRACKS SEGUE a little bit, so watch for abrupt endings. 1- Easygoing start, gets abstract and chaotic 2- Bass solo, rolls into: 3- Sax returns, perky and midtempo. Crash ending. 4- Fluttery 50-second piece 5- Meditative: quiet but energetic. Caution: silence near end 6- Fast attack, knotty two-sax soloing. Nice quiet middle. 7- Sunny and happy, even Calypso-loungy near the end. 8- "Tribute to the New England Patriots." Crowd favorite. Quickly gets into a mid/fast bopping jam. After bass and drum solos, turns into a party song with the crowd shouting ... "football?" can't tell, but they're sure having fun. A word on track #8 ... The Fringe plays regularly at the Zeitgeist, an art gallery in Cambridge, Mass. -- on MONDAY nights. Hence, they compete with football for about 1/4 of the year, a fact that led to the "Tribute" being born. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | From Here to there | 5. | Tonight's Prayer | |||
| 2. | Theme for Jake | 6. | All Aboard | |||
| 3. | Maybe So | 7. | Try this | |||
| 4. | Prelude to Tonight's Prayer | 8. | Tribute to the New England P |