Cross Border Trio / New Directions
Album: New Directions   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Cross Border Trio   Added:Oct 2006
Label:Circumvention Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-11-26 Pull Date: 2007-01-28 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jan 28 Jan 21 Jan 14 Jan 7 Dec 17 Dec 10 Dec 3
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 26, 2007: Memory Select
Think Of Juan
4. Jan 04, 2007: Lines and Dots
No More Net
2. Jan 14, 2007: Rorschach's Dance: Pieces to Fall
Sad Guy
5. Dec 15, 2006: Memory Select - guest Amy X. Neuburg
Shorter Than Miles
3. Jan 09, 2007: the Scientific Method Applied to Radio
Think Of Juan
6. Dec 05, 2006: Subcutaneous Phycomycosis
Think Of Juan

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-11-24
Bop-related jazz trio (sax/bass/drums), with some free-jazz moments. Bright and cool. Composing has modern touches (it's mostly not your '50s straight bebop) but should be pleasing to mainstream-jazz ears. Robinson also has abstract free-improv cred and has played in some nice free-jazz groups including Cosmologic.

1- Fairly straight stuff, great fast soloing space
2- Upbeat mid/fast, herky-jerky theme. Buzzy sax solo opens.
3- Midtempo strolling
4- Easygoing mid/fast, with a couple of solid sax solos. Very quiet start. Title refers to the Community Music Center in San Francisco.
5- Slow. Gets rather disjoint
6- Floaty wandering
7- Soaring intro, into nice mid/fast groove
8- Airy theme and strong, intense soloing, mid/fast. Bass solo intro.
9- Midtempo
10- Mid/fast straight feel, upbeat with a nice edge

Track Listing
1. Hell In Hat Yai   6. Disarray
2. No More Net   7. Sad Guy
3. Shorter Than Miles   8. Think Of Juan
4. 17th And Capp   9. Conclusion/Beginning
5. Camarillo's Daughter   10. Red Light