Woodson, Rich/Ellipsis / Nail That Stands Up Gets Pounded Down, The
| Album: | Nail That Stands Up Gets Pounded Down, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Woodson, Rich/Ellipsis | Added: | Oct 2005 | |
| Label: | N/Twerp | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-10-23 | Pull Date: | 2005-12-25 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 11 | Nov 20 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 12, 2006: | Rock in a Position
Cerebral Love |
4. | Nov 01, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Looking For The Right Reflection |
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| 2. | Dec 09, 2005: | Memory Select
Cerebral Love/Nerve Ending XIII/Flames from an Unlikely Source |
5. | Oct 28, 2005: | Memory Select
Looking For The Right Reflection |
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| 3. | Nov 18, 2005: | Memory Select
Nerve Ending 23/It Came from Above |
6. | Oct 25, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
It Came From Above |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-10-23
Reviewed 2005-10-23
Enjoyably chaotic quintet, playing lots of confusing, overlapping parts that carry jazz motifs but owe a lot to modern classical music, too. Kind of like an orchestra tuning up.
Technically not jazz because there's NO IMPROVISATION! Yes, every note and every drumbeat is pre-planned and written down -- you'll be amazed. But it carries a crazy "jazz" sound to it. Think Frank Zappa complexity. (The same goes for his other CD in our collection, "Control and Resistance.")
Clarinet, sax and guitar lead the way. The music has a fun atmosphere but tracks are admittedly not easy to distinguish. They seem intended to segue, too, so some endings might be awkward.
1- Stumbling and off-tempo, with rock-minded guitar distortion
2- More of a chaotic chamber-jazz feel, less guitar
3- Eleven-second blip
4- Nice energetic stretch; ending is cool but abrupt.
5- Some slower guitar lines, almost a different mood
6- Another blip
7- Gets into some cool, complex unison lines with sax soloing
8- Jaunty jazz feel. Some long, awkward pauses in the second minute. Simple guitar riffs in the last couple minutes. SEGUES into:
9- Chipper, fairly fast
10- Mid/fast. Slow drum solo near the end.
Technically not jazz because there's NO IMPROVISATION! Yes, every note and every drumbeat is pre-planned and written down -- you'll be amazed. But it carries a crazy "jazz" sound to it. Think Frank Zappa complexity. (The same goes for his other CD in our collection, "Control and Resistance.")
Clarinet, sax and guitar lead the way. The music has a fun atmosphere but tracks are admittedly not easy to distinguish. They seem intended to segue, too, so some endings might be awkward.
1- Stumbling and off-tempo, with rock-minded guitar distortion
2- More of a chaotic chamber-jazz feel, less guitar
3- Eleven-second blip
4- Nice energetic stretch; ending is cool but abrupt.
5- Some slower guitar lines, almost a different mood
6- Another blip
7- Gets into some cool, complex unison lines with sax soloing
8- Jaunty jazz feel. Some long, awkward pauses in the second minute. Simple guitar riffs in the last couple minutes. SEGUES into:
9- Chipper, fairly fast
10- Mid/fast. Slow drum solo near the end.
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