Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The / Up From The Skies
| Album: | Up From The Skies | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The | Added: | May 2006 | |
| Label: | Planet Arts | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-07-30 | Pull Date: | 2006-10-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 10 | Sep 3 | Aug 20 | Aug 13 | Aug 6 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 14, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Don't Even Ask! |
4. | Aug 18, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
You Tell Me |
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| 2. | Sep 08, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
You Tell Me |
5. | Aug 10, 2006: | Storytime!
Up From The Skies |
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| 3. | Aug 31, 2006: | Storytime!
Up From The Skies |
6. | Aug 07, 2006: | Akinetic Mutism
You Tell Me |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-07-30
Reviewed 2006-07-30
Modern big band. Glossy sound, as always, but I'm usually happy with the Vanguard's sound -- the composing is complex and reasonably fresh (well, mostly), and the solos crackle. Every track written by Jim McNeely, who is their composer-in-residence (I hadn't heard of him, either). Mostly fast tempos and sunny disposition.
1- Light and swingy
2- Perky start over chiming piano. Twisty lines, not too hyper
3- Very slow and delicate. Quiet piano start
4- Coolly fast, breezy
5- Slowish and swaying; heats up in the second half
6- Easygoing mid/fast, after a slow mysterious start. Breezy.
7- Fairly fast and brisk; builds gradually after a tense intro
8- Slowly inspirational, a bit too Disney in spots
1- Light and swingy
2- Perky start over chiming piano. Twisty lines, not too hyper
3- Very slow and delicate. Quiet piano start
4- Coolly fast, breezy
5- Slowish and swaying; heats up in the second half
6- Easygoing mid/fast, after a slow mysterious start. Breezy.
7- Fairly fast and brisk; builds gradually after a tense intro
8- Slowly inspirational, a bit too Disney in spots
Track Listing
| 1. | Up From The Skies | 5. | Almost Always | |||
| 2. | The Life Of Riley | 6. | Hardly Ever | |||
| 3. | In This Moment | 7. | You Tell Me | |||
| 4. | Don't Even Ask! | 8. | We Will Not Be Silenced |