| Maupin, Bennie Ensemble / Penumbra |
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| Album: | Penumbra | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Maupin, Bennie Ensemble | Added: | May 2006 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-06-11 | Pull Date: | 2006-08-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 13 | Jul 23 | Jul 16 | Jul 2 | Jun 25 | Jun 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 06, 2016: | Rebop Penumbra | 4. | Jul 14, 2006: | Memory Select See The Positive | |
| 2. | Aug 08, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program See The Positive | 5. | Jul 14, 2006: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon See The Positive | |
| 3. | Jul 21, 2006: | Memory Select Tapping Things | 6. | Jun 27, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Neophilia 2006 |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-06-11 | ||
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Free jazz with tastes of grooving and even funk, and some chamber sensibilities on slower tracks. Led by Maupin on reeds, especially bass clarinet -- he's graced many a classic album, including Miles' Bitches Brew and On the Corner. Richly jazzy and definitely accessible, but with a sense of adventure. Keeps to a relatively cool intensity, as opposed to aggressive blowouts. Really nice stuff, even a couple of pretty tracks (check out 14). Includes some short solo-horn wanderings: 4,6,10. The story of how Jeff Gauthier (Cryptogramophone's founder) met up with Maupin is pretty cool... check it out here: http://www.greenleafmusic.com/#/blog/2008/11/bennie_maupin.php 1- Mid/fast patter in 7/8; slinky bass clarinet solo 2- Coolly steady groove, fairly straight 3- Softly abstract and disjoint. Mid/fast, low key 5- Flute piece, soft, with cool-sounding tuned percussion 7- Gentle and pleasant, mid/fast. Quiet, airy start. 8- Mid/fast, nice groove. Quiet start. 9- Slow lines, into bright energetic jam 11- Upbeat groove 12- Calm free soloing, fairly slow/relaxed. 13- Perky mid/fast little groove 14- Slow, really nice. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Neophilia 2006 | 8. | Tapping Things | |||
| 2. | Walter Bishop Jr. | 9. | Vapors | |||
| 3. | Level Three | 10. | One For Eric Dolphy | |||
| 4. | Blinkers | 11. | See The Positive | |||
| 5. | Penumbra | 12. | Trope On A Rope | |||
| 6. | Mirror Image | 13. | The 12th Day | |||
| 7. | Message To Prez | 14. | Equal Justice |