| Goebbels, Heiner & Alfred Harth / Hommage/Vier Fauste/Vom Sprengen Des Gartens |
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| Album: | Hommage/Vier Fauste/Vom Sprengen Des Gartens | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Goebbels, Heiner & Alfred Harth | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Rer Megacorp | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-12-09 | Pull Date: | 2008-02-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 08, 2008: | Memory Select Der Zerrissene Rock/So, Das Ist, Was Wir Brauchen/Gedanken Uber Die Rote Fahne | 4. | Jan 16, 2008: | Baptism of Solitude Wenn Der Pfortner Kommt | |
| 2. | Feb 08, 2008: | The Rent Party Zur Uberwindung Von Schwierigkeiten | 5. | Jan 11, 2008: | Memory Select Vorwarts! | |
| 3. | Feb 01, 2008: | Memory Select Los Campesinos | 6. | Jan 09, 2008: | Eran Mukamel (nigritude ultramarine) Zur Uberwindung Von Schwierigkeiten |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2007-12-09 | ||
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Sax/piano duets (sometimes accordion): European flair with a sense of fun, crossing serious jazz improv with a movie-soundtrack aura, Euro-cafe settings, and a touch of Nino Rota circus acts. Two CDs, each a reissue of a mid-'70s album. Each CD has 20 seconds of silence, to represent turning the record over. That's the kind of not-so-serious mood present in the session. Disc 1 is good for European drama and flair. Gets goofy and silly. It alternates compositions by Hanns Eisler (fun and lighthearted, somtimes sounding like Euro chase music) with duet improvs (equally spirited; the guys goof off, sticking to themes that match Eisler's attitudes). Disc 2 -- The more serious one. Some composed tracks (6,12, parts of 1,8) ... Touches of ECM-like European jazz (melodic, unconventional but easy on the ears: see 1,5,9,11) with some oddball improv (4) and a couple of songs that could fit on Disc 1 (#12, esp.) DISC ONE 1- Two compositions -- theatrical, dramatic -- bookended by an improv that gets into some good crashing 2- Melodic improv flow; gets intense but not stomy. Some nice piano chording in there. Some playful goofiness towards the end. 3- Fun, swooping improv with accordion 4- Fast patter, a goofy kind of ceremonial march 5- Oktoberfest party accordion 6- (20 seconds of silence) 7- Abstract and skittery, fast 8- Soaring, fluttering improvisation, fast but moody 9- Bustling keystone cops, then serious fast piano 10- Spiky little piece 11- Chipper little cafe music, a bit sentimental 12- 46 seconds of bouncy Nino Rota fun DISC TWO 13- Pleasant, light jazz, quite accessible. 14- Fast, serious. A bit emotional, a bit crazed. 15- Euro soundtack drama, fairly fast, gets high & a bit silly 16- Bird-call sounds (?!) & twittery improv 17- Fast patter, catchy piano intro 18- Two saxes: Perky, playfully stern. Classical interpretation. 19- (20 seconds of silence) 20- Serious church organ. Loungy sax, ends with a scream. 21- A delicate atmosphere, often fast but careful. Nicely serious. 22- Fast piano staircase, overblown sax wail 23- Slowly stormy jazz, emotional 24- Beer-hall sentimental. Slow, w/accordion. 25- Bouncy, jazzy, goes off-center. | ||
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