Wright, Frank / Complete Esp-Disk Recordings, The
| Album: | Complete Esp-Disk Recordings, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Wright, Frank | Added: | Sep 2005 | |
| Label: | Esp | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-09-04 | Pull Date: | 2005-11-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 25, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio
No End |
4. | Oct 03, 2005: | The Panoply
Jerry |
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| 2. | Nov 04, 2005: | Memory Select
The Lady |
5. | Sep 30, 2005: | Memory Select
The Earth |
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| 3. | Oct 28, 2005: | Memory Select
The Moon |
6. | Sep 23, 2005: | Memory Select
No End |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-09-05
Reviewed 2005-09-05
'60s recordings featuring free jazz pioneer Wright on tenor sax. Tempos aren't so fast, but that's balanced by Wright's forceful, almost violently emotional style. Definite jazzy feel throughout; many tracks use a catchy theme to quickly launch into wild solos.
At first glance, Wright's playing seems less agile and adept than that of some contemporaries; his sax becomes more of a blunt instrument than a surgical tool. He has the right ideas and attitude, though, and gets some good support from the other horns on Disk 2. All told, this is a satisfying and uplifting document of some deserving '60s work.
Disk 1 includes several interview tracks with Bernard Stollman, founder of the ESP-Disk label, and Wright. Stollman is eloquent; Wright is, um, sometimes difficult to follow.
DISK ONE -- Henry Grimes on bass!
1- Slow. Gruff, burly sax over a cool-handed bass & drums. Bass solo for about 1/2 the track.
2- Midtempo, bouncy, boppish. With aggressively growling sax.
3- Midtempo. Again, lots of heavy, burly sax
4-12- Interviews: (4,8) Stollman discusses his discovery of Wright. (8,9,10) are about how the European market is so much kinder to these musicians. (9) includes vibist Khan Jamal.
(11)- has one *FCC*, right near the end.
DISK TWO -- quintet w/two other horns
1- Mid/slow, grand theme
2- Midtempo start but high energy buzzing soon after
3- Fast. Parade-like horn theme, then massive fast blowing
4- Busy fast.
5- Slow, reverent, but still with that forceful sound
At first glance, Wright's playing seems less agile and adept than that of some contemporaries; his sax becomes more of a blunt instrument than a surgical tool. He has the right ideas and attitude, though, and gets some good support from the other horns on Disk 2. All told, this is a satisfying and uplifting document of some deserving '60s work.
Disk 1 includes several interview tracks with Bernard Stollman, founder of the ESP-Disk label, and Wright. Stollman is eloquent; Wright is, um, sometimes difficult to follow.
DISK ONE -- Henry Grimes on bass!
1- Slow. Gruff, burly sax over a cool-handed bass & drums. Bass solo for about 1/2 the track.
2- Midtempo, bouncy, boppish. With aggressively growling sax.
3- Midtempo. Again, lots of heavy, burly sax
4-12- Interviews: (4,8) Stollman discusses his discovery of Wright. (8,9,10) are about how the European market is so much kinder to these musicians. (9) includes vibist Khan Jamal.
(11)- has one *FCC*, right near the end.
DISK TWO -- quintet w/two other horns
1- Mid/slow, grand theme
2- Midtempo start but high energy buzzing soon after
3- Fast. Parade-like horn theme, then massive fast blowing
4- Busy fast.
5- Slow, reverent, but still with that forceful sound
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