| Hubbard, Nathan / Compositions 1998-2005 |
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| Album: | Compositions 1998-2005 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hubbard, Nathan | Added: | Aug 2006 | |
| Label: | Circumvention Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-10-15 | Pull Date: | 2006-12-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 17 | Dec 3 | Nov 12 | Nov 5 | Oct 29 | Oct 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 18, 2016: | Music Casserole Discrepancy In Flow 2 | 4. | Dec 15, 2006: | Memory Select - guest Amy X. Neuburg Painting On Glass [excerpt] | |
| 2. | Aug 20, 2008: | Eran Mukamel (classic classical) Departing Landscapes | 5. | Dec 01, 2006: | Memory Select: Greenlief/Leandre/Nicols Discrepancy In Flow 2 | |
| 3. | Sep 19, 2007: | Day of Difficulty Song Cycle 1 | 6. | Nov 10, 2006: | Memory Select Structure 2 |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-10-13 | ||
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Arguably modern classical, although most pieces have that improv-jazzy sound. This is a variety of Hubbard compositions for different settings and groups of instruments. A mix of free-jazz creations; electronics and sound experiments (think Manhattan Research Inc.); and sampled speech. Lots of homages to different composers (Cage, Feldman, etc.) FCC clean. Hubbard's "Skeleton Key Orchestra" is a less serious, more raucous turn featuring lots of group improvs in a large band -- big fun. To hear a more directly jazzy side of Hubbard, check out the band Cosmologic. (Both in our library.) DISK ONE 1- Fast tumbling solo piano madness 2- Collage of voices, electronics, and odd music. Appropriately Cage-ian. 3- Floaty chamber feel, mid/fast 4- Jazzy: Mid/fast clarinet and vibes, then a slow swirling phase 5- Electronic tones and sound effects; think Manhattan Research Inc. Periods of noise and quiet interspersed. 6- ROVA-like sax trio: Clean unison lines and squirrely group soloing 7- Jazzy sax, a friendly first half. Then crazier sounds over an electronics blender. Calm finish. 8- Slow, serious horns DISK TWO 1- Long landscape-like chords, ominous. Ends with soft horns. 2- Trio of saxes. Dissonant long tones, into squirrely interaction. Last few minutes get quiet. 3- Vocal sounds, often goofy/funny. Like performance art. Solo female vocalist, later with vibraphone/piano. 4- Quiet percussion clanging. Mostly pensive. 5- Gorgeous, slow, lush intro with piano; then percussion and vibes. (First 6.5 minutes are a good excerpt.) Then, some group work before a serious piano-led segment. ..... (-16:30) starts an short free-jazzy passage that leads into ceremonial percussion. ..... Last 10 minutes: Formal horns, samples of crowd sounds, electronics. Gets reasonably messy. 6- Slow, soft piece for piano and orchestra. | ||
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