| Ellman, Liberty / Ophiuchus Butterfly |
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| Album: | Ophiuchus Butterfly | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ellman, Liberty | Added: | May 2006 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-05-21 | Pull Date: | 2006-07-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 23 | Jul 16 | Jul 9 | Jun 25 | Jun 4 | May 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 21, 2006: | Memory Select You Have Ears | 4. | Jun 23, 2006: | Memory Select Pretty Words, Like Blades | |
| 2. | Jul 14, 2006: | Memory Select Ophiuchus Butterfly | 5. | Jun 02, 2006: | Memory Select Ophiuchus Butterfly | |
| 3. | Jul 07, 2006: | Memory Select Chromos | 6. | May 30, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Pretty Words, Like Blades |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-05-19 | ||
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Very modern jazz, accessible but packed with what you could call 21st-century attitude: really twisty writing, occasional noise experiments (3,10), and unconventional structures. Not a difficult listen but lots of fast twists permeate some compositions; Tim Berne's stuff would be a good comparison, but this feels more kinetic, like a molecule lightly bouncing off padded walls. Ellman himself spins speedy, fluid guitar solos that tangle through jazz changes like he's translating another language. Steve Lehman on sax adds a futuristic (albeit acoustic) touch with his fast stacatto lines. Mark Shim on tenor sax tethers things back to earthier conventional jazz. 1- Marshmallow cannon fire of mid/fast burst notes stacked with counterpoint. Upbeat twisty post-bop, a nice attention-getter. 2- Slow, w/*really* warbling sax solo. Lovely melodies later. 3- A long shimmer; floating ethereal tones. 4- Easygoing start, into midtempo stumbling and fast solos 5- Mid/fast, some complex overlapping lines 6- Zen synth bells, into a cool rhythmic jam. Relaxed, angular sax lines atop 7- Weirdly violin-like intro. Cartoony march theme, mid/fast. Cool trading sax solos, then a drum solo and slowish end 8- Tuneful but fast and twisty. Mid/fast. 9- Cascading falling lines, midtempo. Tuba solo! Later, crazy *fast* sax solos chase each other. 10- Noise: Slow, grinding, understated | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ophiuchus Butterfly | 6. | Pretty Words, Like Blades | |||
| 2. | Aestivation | 7. | Tarmacadam | |||
| 3. | Snow Lips | 8. | Looking Up | |||
| 4. | You Have Ears | 9. | Chromos | |||
| 5. | The Naturalists | 10. | Borealis |