Gift, The / Gift, The
| Album: | Gift, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Gift, The | Added: | Oct 2005 | |
| Label: | Bmadish Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-12-11 | Pull Date: | 2006-02-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 12 | Feb 5 | Jan 22 | Dec 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 22, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program
The Gift |
4. | Jan 20, 2006: | Memory Select
The Gift [excerpt: soft flute, then aggressive trumpet] |
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| 2. | Feb 10, 2006: | Memory Select
The Gift [excerpt] |
5. | Dec 16, 2005: | Memory Select
The Gift |
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| 3. | Feb 03, 2006: | Memory Select
The Gift [excerpt -- final 10 minutes] |
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Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-12-11
Reviewed 2005-12-11
An hour-long improvisation with Roy Campbell (trumpet/flute), William Hooker (drums), and Jason Hwang (violin), three big-name free-jazz guys. It gets intense but isn't a Peter Brotzmann-style blowout; the tone is more careful and concentrated. Hooker gets to show off quite a bit but doesn't overpower the other two.
Schematic breakdown, for the sake of on-air DJs playing excerpts of the CD:
-60:00 to -52:00 -- Starts soft but quickly gets into an active but still restrained trumpet-violin dialogue.
-50:00 to -37:00 -- Some spirited trumpet, fast. Gets a bit intense, cools off by the end of this passage. Nice ending point just beyond -37:00.
-36:30 to -32:30 -- Calmer. Flute makes its lone appearance.
-32:30 to -25:00 -- Snare drum sparks aggressive trumpet and pedal-enhanced violin (think guitar effects).
-25:00 to -15:00 -- Building intensity: fast trumpet. Nice passage ending with a bit of a drum solo.
-10:00 to 0:00 -- High, squealy. Intense with waves of cymbals, into a crashing drum finish.
Schematic breakdown, for the sake of on-air DJs playing excerpts of the CD:
-60:00 to -52:00 -- Starts soft but quickly gets into an active but still restrained trumpet-violin dialogue.
-50:00 to -37:00 -- Some spirited trumpet, fast. Gets a bit intense, cools off by the end of this passage. Nice ending point just beyond -37:00.
-36:30 to -32:30 -- Calmer. Flute makes its lone appearance.
-32:30 to -25:00 -- Snare drum sparks aggressive trumpet and pedal-enhanced violin (think guitar effects).
-25:00 to -15:00 -- Building intensity: fast trumpet. Nice passage ending with a bit of a drum solo.
-10:00 to 0:00 -- High, squealy. Intense with waves of cymbals, into a crashing drum finish.
Track Listing
| 1. | The Gift | |||||