| Odyssey, The Band / Back In Time |
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| Album: | Back In Time | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Odyssey, The Band | Added: | Dec 2005 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 2 | Mar 19 | Mar 12 | Mar 5 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 18, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Open Doors | 4. | Mar 10, 2006: | Memory Select Last One | |
| 2. | Mar 31, 2006: | Memory Select Happy Time | 5. | Mar 03, 2006: | Memory Select Water Tree | |
| 3. | Mar 17, 2006: | Memory Select Love Nest | 6. | Mar 03, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum Let's Get Married |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-02-10 | ||
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Bluesy guitarist JAMES "BLOOD" ULMER in a trio with a violin (!) and drums, stretching beyond just blues into jazz, psych rock and surprising country/folk zones. With a great scratchy violin sound that accompanies the guitar just right, and of course lots of guitar licks from Ulmer. Mostly instrumental with lots of one-chord jam feeling which, I'll admit, creates some sameness to the tracks. Vocals on 4,9. Some tracks have a direct blues feel (1,9) while others show you why Ulmer is often associated with free/experimental jazz types (10). Great stuff either way -- Ulmer's methods are derived from Ornette Coleman's harmelodics, so they say, but the results are quite accessible and come across as straight jazzy blues. This is a reunion date of sorts -- the band recorded once before, in 1983 for the album "Odyssey" on Columbia. 1- A low evil groove, mid/fast and fun. 2- Psych-rock jam, fairly fast. Starts free/crazy 3- Folky/Celtic! Light, easygoing, nice. 4- Backwoods country w/vocals. Midtempo and catchy. 5- Country funk! With twang and everything. Midtempo. 6- Slow, tense rock/blues. Tasty. 7- Uptempo jam. Some clever turns later on. 8- Midtempo minor key. Slinky, sneaky... like 6 but faster 9- A slow slow blues, about a marriage contract. Kinda funny. 10- Free jam. A slow feel and heavy hand, with psych elements. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Last One | 6. | Love Nest | |||
| 2. | Open Doors | 7. | Woman Coming | |||
| 3. | Happy Time | 8. | Channel One | |||
| 4. | Little Red House | 9. | Let's Get Married | |||
| 5. | Water Tree | 10. | Free For Three |