| Hwang, Jason Kao / Edge |
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| Album: | Edge | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hwang, Jason Kao | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Asian Improv Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-11-12 | Pull Date: | 2007-01-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jan 14 | Dec 31 | Nov 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 26, 2011: | Music Casserole Threads | 4. | Nov 17, 2006: | Memory Select Parallel Meditations | |
| 2. | Jan 12, 2007: | Memory Select No Myth | 5. | Nov 17, 2006: | Carrots & Sticks... But Mostly Sticks Threads | |
| 3. | Dec 29, 2006: | Memory Select Grassy Hills | 6. | Nov 16, 2006: | Cognitive Overload No Myth |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-11-03 | ||
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Exciting jazz and Asian music hybrid, in a suite from a quartet led by violin (Hwang) and trumpet. Good tense energy and strong rhythms with touches of ethnic flavor -- really nice, dramatic stuff with some wild soloing, particularly by Hwang. Quite accessible, although there's plenty of adventure and experimentation along the way. Play any track. 1- After a brief intro: Pulsing, rhythmic space with dense, twiny violin and trumpet soloing. Exciting stuff at a brisk pace. Second half cools down a bit. 2- Clangy, stern dance, definite Asian-music influence. Mid/fast and halting. Slows in the middle but builds back up. 3- Opens with strong bass/violin duo, mysterious. Into joyous fast solos: slashing, evil-grin violin and jazzy trumpet. 4- Slows things down a bit. Develops a calmly jazzy groove after about 4 minutes. Second half includes a dark midtempo groove with some nice violin soloing. Ends sternly. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | No Myth | 3. | Parallel Meditations | |||
| 2. | Threads | 4. | Grassy Hills |