| Brown, Anthony / Rhapsodies |
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| Album: | Rhapsodies | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Brown, Anthony | Added: | Mar 2006 | |
| Label: | Water Baby Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2006-06-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jun 4 | May 14 | Apr 30 | Apr 16 | Apr 9 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 25, 2007: | Memory Select -- Moe! Staiano interview Bread & Bowie | 4. | May 08, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum Come Sunday | |
| 2. | Jun 02, 2006: | Memory Select Rhapsody in Blue/American Rhapsoidies | 5. | Apr 27, 2006: | One World Radio Take Me Out To The Ball Game | |
| 3. | May 29, 2006: | radiomundi Come Sunday | 6. | Apr 14, 2006: | Memory Select Rhapsody In Blue/American Rhapsodies: Exposition |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2006-03-27 | ||
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ANTHONY BROWN’S ORCHESTRA – “Rhapsodies” Water Baby, 2006 Bay Area modern-jazz big band with a strong global flavor. The orchestra incorporates traditional Chinese & Japanese instruments (sheng, shakuhachi, erhu, etc.) plus Asian and African percussion for a uniquely cosmopolitan sound. The centerpiece of this disc is a nifty new 19-minute multicultural reworking of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (tracks 4-9). This should be played together, but you might get away with breaking it up. David Murray guests on 2 & 12. Fo’s Picks: the suite & 12 (also 2 & 11 for out-jazz fans) 1. 1:18 – lovely short fugue on a Chinese-style melody, nice sax 2. 6:21 – funky Lester Bowie tribute based on “Shortnin’ Bread,” drifts into wild group improv, fades out to abstract tones, then stomps back for sax solo 3. 3:17 – sweet, shadowy Mingus ballad, played straight, rich tones 4. 5:16 – bird sounds, then the familiar melody bounces around the orchestra: marches proudly, but also has some grooving or mellow moments 5. 3:07 – starts as smooth rhumba, then back to theme in a strutting statement 6. 1:21 – wintry shakuhachi break, somewhat bleak, chilling atmosphere 7. 2:27 – bluesy restatement of theme w/ relaxed electric guitar, swampy horns 8. 3:48 – gentle and nostalgic, guitar & steel drum give it a sort of tropical feel 9. 2:59 – taiko drums imitate a train; then the big, crashing finale 10. 0:42 – “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”: solo sheng (Chinese mouth organ) 11. 8:05 – late Ellington piece (from Afro-Eurasian Eclipse): abstract for 2 minutes, then loose funky/rockin’ beats & riffs + two sax solos 12. 5:28 – Ellington gospel classic, lead voice is a duet between erhu (Chinese violin) and bass clarinet. Earthy, sprited, awesome! 13. 9:17 – blends parts of two of Brown’s extended works: starts airy & folksy, rolls with that melody, morphs into an afro-latin groove, then returns. 14. 1:09 – theme to NPR’s “Pacific Time”: happy percussion & wind layers [Fo] - 3/27/06 | ||
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