| Clarinet Thing / Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks |
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| Album: | Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Clarinet Thing | Added: | Jun 2005 | |
| Label: | Bc Records (Texas) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-06-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 20, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Mountains of the Moon | 4. | Apr 11, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program The Mooch | |
| 2. | Jan 19, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Echoes of Harlem | 5. | Jan 13, 2006: | Memory Select Touchy | |
| 3. | Aug 10, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum Echoes of Harlem | 6. | Nov 29, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program The Mooch |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-06-20 | ||
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A five-clarinet band spinning jazzy oldies, melodic originals, and a few out-jazz amusements. Elegant and often playful. Many tracks feature rich big-band harmonies and interwoven, overlapping solos. Lots of soundtrack-like pieces as well (4,10). Beth Custer formed this Bay-Area group in 1990, and this CD collects live recordings from the past 15 years. Clarinet Thing plays only sporadically, due to the busy careers/lives of all five members: Custer, Ben Goldberg, Ralph Carney, Sheldon Brown, and Peter Josheff. 1- Loping Duke Ellington song. Swaying and nostalgic 2- Airy mid/fast, with Euro-cafe jazz tinges (by Brazilian composer Pixinguinha with Benedito Larcerda) 3- Mid/fast and fun. Cartoony harmonies 4- Circus waltz, quietly midtempo and slapstick 5- Slowish lingering blues 6- Upbeat and bouncy/spiky. Midtempo madcap '50s jazz. 7- Scurrying avant-garde (John Carter) 8- Romantic jazz oldie (Eubie Blake) 9- Ballroom jazz, mid-fast and formal (Kurt Weill) 10- Bright circus ballet (Polish classical composer Ignacy Podgorski) 11- Mysterious chugging beat (Bobby Bradford) 12- Slow. Playfully funereal 13- Mid/fast, folky 14- Mid/fast, a bit chaotic. Quiet ending 15- Delicate and pretty (Abdullah Ibrahim) 16- Slow, reverent Ellington classic. Great big-band harmonies and some delicious wailing. | ||
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