| Burr, Ellen / Duos |
|---|
| Album: | Duos | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Burr, Ellen | Added: | Apr 2006 | |
| Label: | PfMENTUM | |||
| A-File Activity |
|---|
| Add Date: | 2006-05-14 | Pull Date: | 2006-07-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 16 | Jul 9 | Jul 2 | Jun 18 | May 28 | May 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 23, 2007: | Jena and Gomorrah: One Can't, but Two Can Canon-Cards-Canon 1 | 4. | Jul 06, 2006: | Cognitive Overload Canon-Cards-Canon 2 | |
| 2. | Jul 14, 2006: | Memory Select Canon-Cards-Canon 2 | 5. | Jun 30, 2006: | Memory Select Ball Of Yarn | |
| 3. | Jul 06, 2006: | Storytime! Ball Of Yarn | 6. | Jun 29, 2006: | Cognitive Overload Warp And Weave |
| Album Review |
|---|
| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-05-13 | ||
|
Arguably classical, these are flute pieces in solos and duets with other instruments, often using graphical scores, a John Cage kind of device. (Players draw cues from hand-drawn grids and decks of cards, for example.) Burr's flute is the common thread to all tracks. There's a chamber/classical feel to the whole thing, but tracks are often playful, and #3 and #4 certainly have spots that pass for jazz, albeit studious jazz. 1- Solo flute, perky. Slower second half. 2- With bassoon: Slow, pleasant. Abstract flow of notes. 3- Fast-paced leapfrogging flute and clarinet. Slower middle. Surreal clicky sounds, then back to normal for the end. 4- Flute/drums, the longest piece, at 16 minutes. Fast but sparse: Quick doodles and blank spaces. Pulls into a steady jazzy beat after the halfway point, then Eastern mysticism. 5- Gets into a sinewy, tribal-beat slow chant. With prepared bass, a percussive sound. Quiet start. 6- Fast modern-classical sound, w/bassoon. Loud breaths in the last couple minutes. 7- Aggressive flute with vocalized grunting/singing added. | ||
| Track Listing |
|---|
| 1. | Ball Of Yarn | 4. | Four Square | |||
| 2. | Canon-Cards-Canon 1 | 5. | Senbazuru | |||
| 3. | Permutations '62 | 6. | Canon-Cards-Canon 2 | |||
| 7. | Warp And Weave | |||||