| Amendola, Scott Band / Believe |
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| Album: | Believe | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Amendola, Scott Band | Added: | Jun 2005 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-06-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 28, 2012: | Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon Oladipo | 4. | Sep 18, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum: Monterey Jazz Edition Oladipo | |
| 2. | Nov 29, 2011: | Rebop Valentine | 5. | Feb 06, 2009: | Memory Select Valentine | |
| 3. | Jun 22, 2011: | Getting Over the Hump Oladipo | 6. | Nov 21, 2008: | Memory Select Cesar Chavez |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-06-20 | ||
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Modern jazz, funk, rock, and Afro-pop ideas sprinkled among nine compositions by local drummer Amendola. Two big-name guitarists -- Nels Cline and Jeff Parker -- spin complex jazz lines while violinist Jenny Scheinman makes the music really soar. Great stuff. Accessible but deep -- most tracks take full advantage of this band to present intertwined layers of musical logic; let yourself get lost in tracks like 4 and 7. An able sequel to Amendola's previous album, "Cry." 1- Sneaky and floaty. Opens w/coolly delicious bassline. 2- Funky and bright, definite Afro-pop influence, fairly fast 3- Agile, jazzy two-guitar intro. Scottish-field theme into solos 4- Slow, lovely, with some bluesy moments. Very "ECM." 5- Mid/slow rock, a tip of the hat to Crazy Horse 6- Light, mid/fast 7- Pleasant, mildly Latin, fairly fast. Really nice solos dominated by violin 8- Midtempo, darkly rocking. Noisy insect-buzz guitar on intro and solo. 9- Slow; both mournful and hopeful. Eerie ringing doom intro. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Believe | 5. | Buffalo Bird Woman | |||
| 2. | Oladipo | 6. | Smarty Pants | |||
| 3. | Shady | 7. | Valentine | |||
| 4. | If Only Once | 8. | Resistance | |||
| 9. | Cesar Chavez | |||||