Clarinet Thing / Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks
| Album: | Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Clarinet Thing | Added: | Jun 2005 | |
| Label: | Bc Records (Texas) | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-06-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 |
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| 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 |
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| 2. | Jan 19, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Echoes of Harlem |
5. | Jan 13, 2006: | Memory Select
Touchy |
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| 3. | Aug 10, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
Echoes of Harlem |
6. | Nov 29, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
The Mooch |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-06-20
Reviewed 2005-06-20
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.
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.
Track Listing
| 1. | Echoes of Harlem | 9. | Das Lied Von Den Braunen ... | |||
| 2. | Vou Vivendo | 10. | Oberek Krakowski | |||
| 3. | Akeem the Dream | 11. | Song of the Unsung | |||
| 4. | Sweeping Staircase | 12. | Lips that Kissed the Paper | |||
| 5. | Fired Manager Blues | 13. | Primitive Southern Brass ... | |||
| 6. | Touchy | 14. | Family Heap | |||
| 7. | Sticks and Stones | 15. | Mountains of the Moon | |||
| 8. | Memories of You | 16. | The Mooch | |||
| 17. | Misery Talks | |||||