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Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-10-20
Reviewed 2006-10-20
Free-jazzy live session from the former "MTKJ Quartet." Long tracks (20 or 40 minutes, basically) that include multiple compositions and long stretches of improvising. Mostly bright, even in the slow spots. Good stuff. Middling fidelity. Applause ends each track.
DISK ONE
1-
Start to -17:00 -- Plodding march, shifts into fast soloing.
-17:00 to -7:00 -- Slow, including very quiet bass solo. Becomes a slow screechy grind, nicely noisy
-7:00 to end -- Sparse trumpet bursts, mostly low key. Ends with a pleasant New Orleans style vamp.
2-
Start to -17:00 -- Mid/fast, dramatic, then peters out into a slow segment
-14:00 to -7:00 -- Builds tension, then an active midtempo jam ending in wandering group improv
-7:00 to end -- Quiet percussion clatter, then a slow, heavy conclusion
DISK TWO: One 42-minute piece.
Start -- Easygoing, slowish, with some decent, non-flashy solos. After -33:00, starts to heat up, loud and aggressive, for 3-4 mins.
-29:00 to -13:30 -- Slow; develops into flute and quiet background. Later becomes more active but still with a restrained, slowish construction.
-13:30 to -6:00 -- Rapid bop-derived jam, fast. Calms down later.
-6:00 to end -- Fast popping theme, into a slow melody that's a bit melancholic; sax solo hints at the blues. Ends softly.
DISK ONE
1-
Start to -17:00 -- Plodding march, shifts into fast soloing.
-17:00 to -7:00 -- Slow, including very quiet bass solo. Becomes a slow screechy grind, nicely noisy
-7:00 to end -- Sparse trumpet bursts, mostly low key. Ends with a pleasant New Orleans style vamp.
2-
Start to -17:00 -- Mid/fast, dramatic, then peters out into a slow segment
-14:00 to -7:00 -- Builds tension, then an active midtempo jam ending in wandering group improv
-7:00 to end -- Quiet percussion clatter, then a slow, heavy conclusion
DISK TWO: One 42-minute piece.
Start -- Easygoing, slowish, with some decent, non-flashy solos. After -33:00, starts to heat up, loud and aggressive, for 3-4 mins.
-29:00 to -13:30 -- Slow; develops into flute and quiet background. Later becomes more active but still with a restrained, slowish construction.
-13:30 to -6:00 -- Rapid bop-derived jam, fast. Calms down later.
-6:00 to end -- Fast popping theme, into a slow melody that's a bit melancholic; sax solo hints at the blues. Ends softly.
Recent airplay
The Empty Cage [excerpt]
Memory Select — Aug 03, 2007
Swan-Neck Deformity [excerpt]
Memory Select: Greenlief/Leandre/Nicols — Dec 01, 2006
And Who Is Not Small [excerpt]
Memory Select: guest Myra Melford — Oct 27, 2006
Attack Of The Eye People/Who Are We If We Are Them?/The Mactavish Rag
Cognitive Overload — Oct 26, 2006
Charting
2006-10-22 — 2006-12-24
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 3 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Attack Of The Eye People/Who Are We If We Are Them?/The Mactavish Rag | ||
| 2. | And Who Is Not Small/Function-3 | ||
| 3. | Swan-Neck Deformity/The Empty Cage/Swim Swim Swim, Eat Eat Eat |