Marcus, Mitch Quintet / Special, The
Album: Special, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Marcus, Mitch Quintet   Added:Jul 2007
Label:Jazzcubed  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-08-12 Pull Date: 2007-10-14 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Sep 16 Sep 9 Sep 2 Aug 26
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 13, 2013: Sunshine . . .in the Afternoon
Paisano
4. Sep 07, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
Last Mourning
2. Dec 02, 2009: Over the Full Moon Hump!
Paisano
5. Aug 29, 2007: Eran Mukamel (shallow house)
G.C.
3. Sep 13, 2007: Sunshine ... in the Last Summer Afternoon
Paisano
6. Aug 24, 2007: No Cover, No Minimum
Last Mourning

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-08-11
MITCH MARCUS QUINTET: The Special
JazzCubed, 2007

Bay Area saxophonist, with a somewhat jagged modern-jazz approach that flirts with an avant-garde feel. Marcus pops and slides, guitarist Michael Abraham mixes a thick rock-based crunch with a light jangle, and the whole group neatly balances a well thought-out program with vibrant, slightly edgy playing. Good local music!

Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6

1. 09:40 – speedy groove, cutting guitar breaks, slippery sax
2. 11:37 – snappy angular riffs, sax dialogue, tense bass solo, noodly guitar
3. 13:27 – nervous theme, paranoid sax, moody guitar, then an upbeat walk
4. 14:47 – tick-tock rhythm, lots of quick changes and nifty, distracted solos
5. 05:39 – slow and kind of gloomy: plaintive sax, relaxed flugelhorn
6. 14:16 – oddball slow/fast theme; round of solos alternately clumpy & slick
7. 08:51 – quirky, percolating tune, swinging sax solo, big guitar takes it out

[ Fo ] 11-Aug-07

Track Listing
1. Paisano   4. G.C.
2. Last Mourning   5. Dave's Castle
3. Inditranego   6. Not Then, But Now
  7. The Joey Rubber Special