| Wright, Frank / Unity |
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| Album: | Unity | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Wright, Frank | Added: | Jan 2007 | |
| Label: | Esp | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-02-25 | Pull Date: | 2007-04-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 29 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 18 | Mar 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 27, 2007: | Memory Select Unity Part 1 [excerpt] | 4. | Mar 17, 2007: | Cognitive Overload Unity Part 1 | |
| 2. | Apr 06, 2007: | Memory Select Unity Part 1 | 5. | Mar 17, 2007: | Making Touble Unity Part 1 | |
| 3. | Mar 31, 2007: | Cognitive Overload Unity Part 2 | 6. | Mar 16, 2007: | Memory Select Unity Part 2 |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2007-02-23 | ||
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Live 1974 session from an underdog of the '60s/'70s free-jazz scene. Led by saxophonist Wright, who goes into the usual skronky spasms. Bobby Few on piano adds a nice lushness -- chaotic, but more McCoy Tyner than Cecil Taylor. A good lengthy outburst of energy. Live session; lots of applause after solos. It's one continuous performance split into two tracks. For excerpting, try playing the early parts of either track. Track 1 would make more "logical" sense, since it has a real beginning; track 2 can be faded in, jumping you right into the action. The weirdly polka end of #2 works too. Instrumental; FCC clean. 1- Crashing opening, not too fast, w/lush chaotic piano. Wright comes in with angular, grunting sax. A rich swirl without becoming a white-noise blur. Gets into a nice intensity. Gets blurrier halfway (12-14 mins. into it), as the piano takes over and Wright tosses strange car-horn bleats into the mix. Dynamic bowed bass solo, drum solo ends it. SEGUES into #2. 2- Jumps right in (continuation of #1) with sparkling, fast, dynamic playing, strong and free. Liberating feel. Big and crashing. Settles into a calmer but still strong flow. Crashing intensity ends at around +18:00 to applause, as drum solo starts up again. +23:00 starts a weird punk-polka two-step, into a blur of cymbals and increasingly oddball sax. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Unity Part 1 | 2. | Unity Part 2 |