Either/Orchestra / Live In Addis
| Album: | Live In Addis | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Either/Orchestra | Added: | Oct 2005 | |
| Label: | Buda Musique | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-10-30 | Pull Date: | 2006-01-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 25 | Dec 18 | Dec 11 | Dec 4 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 08, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program
Amlak Abet Abet |
4. | Dec 23, 2005: | Memory Select
Yezemed Yebada |
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| 2. | Apr 11, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program
Amlak Abet Abet |
5. | Dec 15, 2005: | Baptism of Solitude
Shellela |
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| 3. | Jan 01, 2006: | Found Bandaids
Amlak Abet Abet |
6. | Dec 08, 2005: | Eran Mukamel
Altchalkoum |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-11-03
Reviewed 2005-11-03
WORLD MUSIC alert!! This is #20 in the awesome "Ethiopiques" series ...
Boston-based big band plays jazz interpretations of Ethiopian songs, with Ethiopian guests -- including Mulatu Astatke (who did the soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers) and a few spotlight vocalists.
Contemporary jazz feel throughout, with many of the songs coming across as nearly Latin jazz. Liner notes document the E/O's trip. A nice document of what must have been a special series of concerts.
DISK ONE
1- Minor-key crime jazz, mid/fast w/long percussion intro.
2- Fairly quiet but still fast, kind of Latin. Long bass solo.
3- Chugging happy beat. Cool soprano sax solo.
4- Slow, grand, intense
5- Easygoing mid/fast mellowness. Snaps into Latin mode.
6- Rich gospel slowness, w/quavering male vocal
DISK TWO
1- Horn piece. Medieval classical feel.
2- Tango! Fun piece w/ vocal
3- Electric piano, for a jamming '70s feel. Gets into a raging percussion jam.
4- Sparse bass solo
5- Slow song w/fem. vocal, powerful and eerie
6- Ayler-like stomp, joyful, w/some pauses
7- Starts w/ twining, almost Asian theme. Gets into a slinky fast electric-piano groove. Lower fidelity sound.
Boston-based big band plays jazz interpretations of Ethiopian songs, with Ethiopian guests -- including Mulatu Astatke (who did the soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers) and a few spotlight vocalists.
Contemporary jazz feel throughout, with many of the songs coming across as nearly Latin jazz. Liner notes document the E/O's trip. A nice document of what must have been a special series of concerts.
DISK ONE
1- Minor-key crime jazz, mid/fast w/long percussion intro.
2- Fairly quiet but still fast, kind of Latin. Long bass solo.
3- Chugging happy beat. Cool soprano sax solo.
4- Slow, grand, intense
5- Easygoing mid/fast mellowness. Snaps into Latin mode.
6- Rich gospel slowness, w/quavering male vocal
DISK TWO
1- Horn piece. Medieval classical feel.
2- Tango! Fun piece w/ vocal
3- Electric piano, for a jamming '70s feel. Gets into a raging percussion jam.
4- Sparse bass solo
5- Slow song w/fem. vocal, powerful and eerie
6- Ayler-like stomp, joyful, w/some pauses
7- Starts w/ twining, almost Asian theme. Gets into a slinky fast electric-piano groove. Lower fidelity sound.
Track Listing
| 1. | Amlak Abet Abet | 7. | Eyeye | |||
| 2. | Muziqawi Silt | 8. | Antchim Endelela | |||
| 3. | Feqer Aydelem Wey | 9. | Keset Eswa Betcha | |||
| 4. | Altchalkoum | 10. | Bati (Bass Intro) | |||
| 5. | Yezemed Yebada | 11. | Bati | |||
| 6. | Soul Tezeta | 12. | Shellela | |||
| 13. | Embi Ba | |||||