Workpoints
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-07-30
Reviewed 2005-07-30
'60s free jazz, a nicely accessible set mixing improv ideas with the compositional styles of the time. Accessible works that pack a lot of adventure and some fancy soloing by a young Kenny Wheeler and John Surman.
Disk Two combines straight jazz composing with a Bitches Brew kind of jamatmosphere, aided by electric piano.
DISK ONE
1- Sinewy mid/fast horn line; includes a bouncy bop segment and a nice vibes solo.
2- Slow, sweet, gentle. Straightahead track.
3- Dusky, midtempo riff. A great jazz brew w/abstract middle.
4- Brash start into quieter flow. Swaying '60s riff later. Really nice.
5- Slow, with elements of menace. Last half: a fast gallop.
6- Quiet start into nice lumbering jazz segments. Long drum solo.
DISK TWO
1- Bright midtempo minor key w/nearly proggy guitar early on. Great straight-jazz mini-epic.
2- Bluesy w/el piano, bright mid/fast
3- Low key psych-jazz bliss to a shuffle beat
4- Tumbling, relaxed mid/fast, lots of bass and electric piano
5- Dreamy midtempo, electric piano w/rich trumpet soloing
6- Shorter version of #3, a nice track
7- Slow and wistful, pretty
8- Bluesy free-guitar intro into midtempo blues/funk.
Disk Two combines straight jazz composing with a Bitches Brew kind of jamatmosphere, aided by electric piano.
DISK ONE
1- Sinewy mid/fast horn line; includes a bouncy bop segment and a nice vibes solo.
2- Slow, sweet, gentle. Straightahead track.
3- Dusky, midtempo riff. A great jazz brew w/abstract middle.
4- Brash start into quieter flow. Swaying '60s riff later. Really nice.
5- Slow, with elements of menace. Last half: a fast gallop.
6- Quiet start into nice lumbering jazz segments. Long drum solo.
DISK TWO
1- Bright midtempo minor key w/nearly proggy guitar early on. Great straight-jazz mini-epic.
2- Bluesy w/el piano, bright mid/fast
3- Low key psych-jazz bliss to a shuffle beat
4- Tumbling, relaxed mid/fast, lots of bass and electric piano
5- Dreamy midtempo, electric piano w/rich trumpet soloing
6- Shorter version of #3, a nice track
7- Slow and wistful, pretty
8- Bluesy free-guitar intro into midtempo blues/funk.
Recent airplay
Workpoints Part 1
Memory Select — Sep 30, 2005
Workpoints [entire 49-minute suite]
Umami Jazz Program — Sep 06, 2005
Darius Part 1
Morning Glory — Sep 03, 2005
Deep Dark Blue Centre [excerpt]
Memory Select — Aug 26, 2005
Under the Pier
Morning Glory — Aug 13, 2005
Deep Dark Blue Centre
Umami Jazz Program — Aug 09, 2005
Charting
2005-07-31 — 2005-10-02
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 2 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 1 |
| Sep 4 | 1 |
| Aug 28 | 1 |
| Aug 14 | 2 |
| Aug 7 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Deep Dark Blue Centre | ||
| 2. | The Barley Mow | ||
| 3. | Workpoints Part 1 | ||
| 4. | Workpoints Part 2 | ||
| 5. | Workpoints Part 3 | ||
| 6. | Workpoints Part 4 | ||
| 7. | Little Ben | ||
| 8. | Under the Pier | ||
| 9. | Darius Part 1 | ||
| 10. | Darius Part 3 | ||
| 11. | Darius Part 4 | ||
| 12. | Darius Part 1 Reprise | ||
| 13. | Clear Moon | ||
| 14. | Mackerel Sky |