| Raskin, Jon Quartet / Jon Raskin Quartet |
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| Album: | Jon Raskin Quartet | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Raskin, Jon Quartet | Added: | Sep 2007 | |
| Label: | Rastascan Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-14 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 4 | Oct 28 | Oct 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 04, 2015: | minimum entropy (day of noise preview) African Tulip | 4. | Dec 14, 2007: | Memory Select Swing Sing | |
| 2. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select Post Card 2 | 5. | Dec 07, 2007: | Memory Select Kandinsky | |
| 3. | Oct 31, 2008: | Memory Select Bleckner | 6. | Nov 23, 2007: | Memory Select Sound Barometer Reading 1 |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2007-10-12 | ||
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Quartet abstract improv, but often guided by written scores of some sort. This gives the group sound an overall logic or quasi-rhythm, in some cases (1 and 12 are good examples). It's a propulsive and friendly sound overall. Pieces are short, compact, rarely going past 5 minutes. That might be intentional, trying not to let lengthy improvs dominate the conversation -- or it might be a sign that Raskin's ideas were still formative here, still trying out different voices and strategies to see what fits. Either way, they're nice snippets. Personnel are all local: Raskin on sax (he's the "R" in ROVA Sax Quartet) and Liz Allbee on the trumpet. George Cremaschi and Gino Robair on bass an drums flesh out the sound. 1- Abstract improv, strong pace. A unified rolling sound early, that's interrupted. Later, more disjoint but still fast 2- Mostly calm improv, starting strong/rough. 3- Chugging little free-jazz groove 4- Improv based on nearly jazzy horn phrases at first. 5- Buzzy, rolling, mid/fast. Becomes a strong abstract brew. 6- Improv, lots of small curly sounds after an opening blare 7- Careful feel. Opens up later. 8- Quiet. Small squiggles of activity, slight metal-ringing sound 9- Slowish feel but brash, still perky. Not quiet. 10- Nicely brash start and end. Floaty middle with nervous undertones. 11- Perky improv, a bit growly. Busy. 12- Bright, perky intro, brassy but small. A singing warble near the end. | ||
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