Lake/Tchicai/Osgood/Westergaard
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2007-04-20
Reviewed 2007-04-20
Quartet of accessible jazz with some wildness in the sax solos by Lake (of the World Saxophone Quartet) and Tchicai, both of them getting a bit outside the lines without departing from the tradition. The composing doesn't always grab me, but the soloing spaces are good. Drums have an unusual tendency toward military-march snare, dunno if that's an Albert Ayler influence or just this guy's preference.
1- Mid/fast, warm with march-beat snare. Loosens up for solos.
2- Mid/fast, a kind of plodding swing (but nice)
3- Midtempo
4- Light bop, midtempo, w/some fairly free soloing
5- German talking, faint improv rustles
6- Midtempo, a bit of stern military feel
7- Chant-singing, kind of spiritual. Then a scrabbly sax solo.
8- Light groove, into a mid/fast upbeat feel a la Ayler
1- Mid/fast, warm with march-beat snare. Loosens up for solos.
2- Mid/fast, a kind of plodding swing (but nice)
3- Midtempo
4- Light bop, midtempo, w/some fairly free soloing
5- German talking, faint improv rustles
6- Midtempo, a bit of stern military feel
7- Chant-singing, kind of spiritual. Then a scrabbly sax solo.
8- Light groove, into a mid/fast upbeat feel a la Ayler
Recent airplay
Smiling Billy Higgins
Memory Select -- Jeff Arnal interview — Jun 15, 2007
Spirit
Rorschach's Dance — Jun 01, 2007
Valley Sketch
Memory Select -- Moe! Staiano interview — May 25, 2007
Turku Boogie
a sound escape — May 15, 2007
Turku Boogie
Memory Select — Apr 20, 2007
Charting
2007-04-15 — 2007-06-17
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 17 | 1 |
| Jun 3 | 1 |
| May 27 | 1 |
| May 20 | 1 |
| Apr 22 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Azurite | ||
| 2. | Valley Sketch | ||
| 3. | Loop For Susan | ||
| 4. | Turku Boogie | ||
| 5. | Der Er Stilhed I Tingene | ||
| 6. | Osgood In Asgaard | ||
| 7. | Spirit | ||
| 8. | Smiling Billy Higgins |