Common Ground / High Voltage
Album: High Voltage   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Common Ground   Added:Jul 2005
Label:Delmark Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-07-31 Pull Date: 2005-10-02 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 2 Sep 11 Sep 4 Aug 21 Aug 14 Aug 7
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 30, 2005: Memory Select
The Itch
4. Sep 02, 2005: Memory Select
You Do It
2. Sep 09, 2005: No Cover, No Minimum, No Limit
Too Late
5. Aug 16, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
Freedom Jazz Dance
3. Sep 03, 2005: Morning Glory
What's in a Name?
6. Aug 13, 2005: Morning Glory
Freedom Jazz Dance (by Eddie Harris)

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-07-30
Modern mainstream jazz led by two violins -- Zach Brock and Tom Wright -- for an interestingly proggy sound. Lots of fun, showy solos although it's not as brash or "rockin'" as Zach Brock's recent CD, which is probably a good thing.

For a similar one-violin excursion, dig up the Chromatic Persuaders CD in the library.

1- Mid/fast, breezy, some nice thick violin passages & good piano
2- Mellow, a bit slow. Comforting autumn music.
3- Fast! Quick-stepping theme and a trading-fours solo
4- Loping mid/fast, kind of bluesy
5- Mid/fast, with tangly fluttery theme
6- Slowish but powerful. Takes a while to get going.
7- Cheery mid/fast
8- The "outside" track, it digs and scratches. Starts easy.
9- Slow Beatles/Indian cover, a bit spacey w/firey soloing.

Track Listing
1. What's in a Name?   5. Freedom Jazz Dance
2. Too Late   6. Half Tone Poem
3. You Do It   7. Nardis
4. Pakula Blues   8. The Itch
  9. Within You Without You