| Giardullo, Joe / No Work Today |
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| Album: | No Work Today | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Giardullo, Joe | Added: | Oct 2005 | |
| Label: | Drimala | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-10-02 | Pull Date: | 2005-12-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 4 | Nov 20 | Nov 6 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 02, 2005: | Memory Select No Work Today | 4. | Nov 04, 2005: | Memory Select No Work Today | |
| 2. | Nov 29, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program No Work Today | 5. | Oct 13, 2005: | Flow No Work Today | |
| 3. | Nov 15, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program No Work Today | 6. | Oct 07, 2005: | Memory Select Not Good |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-10-04 | ||
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Solo soprano saxophone, a tribute to Steve Lacy's solo work. Giardullo improvises within traditional jazz forms with touches of free-jazz runs or abstract squawking here and there (usually later in the piece). Tracks have the air of a casual stroll with occasional stops for a particular rant or declaration. Includes two Lacy covers (2,8) and lots of Monk-inspired originals. It's interesting to note how the two Lacy tracks are different in character from the others. 1- Happy casual swing. Scribbly fast runs near the end 2- Slower pace, like a series of declarations 3- Upbeat, a smaller curled-up feeling 4- Skittery and more abstract, but builds into melody 5- Mid/fast, upbeat. Pleasant wanderings. 6- Slowish, a bit lonely 7- Continual high sqeakings, a jumbly alien language. (Evan Parker is famous for this sort of thing) 8- Pleasant angular lines 9- Playful and jazzy. Joe gets wild and wooly in the final minute. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | No Work Today | 5. | Mr. Ioso's Walk | |||
| 2. | Prospectus | 6. | Sentiments | |||
| 3. | Which Way | 7. | The Touch | |||
| 4. | Not Good | 8. | Hurtles | |||
| 9. | Dotty | |||||