| Watts, Trevor & Jamie Harris / Ancestry |
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| Album: | Ancestry | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Watts, Trevor & Jamie Harris | Added: | Nov 2007 | |
| Label: | Entropy Stereo Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jun 29 | Jun 15 | Jun 8 | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 27, 2008: | Memory Select Tandem Voices | 4. | May 16, 2008: | Memory Select Sam Star | |
| 2. | Jun 09, 2008: | Emphysema For Emphasis Sam Star | 5. | May 04, 2008: | Now's the time Strolling | |
| 3. | Jun 07, 2008: | Scatterbrain Replacement Radio Sam Star | 6. | Apr 28, 2008: | Emphysema For Emphasis Three And More |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2008-04-26 | ||
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Joyful jazz on the go – sax and hand percussion on a series of short-ish tracks. Watts typically works with a much larger ensemble and in longer forms, so this is something different from him. The tracks vary from light and fun to deep and respectful of tradition – the “Ancestry” of the title. On the slower tracks, the drumming brought to mind the backing from the classic Last Poets albums – I was half expecting a rap/poem to start in but the sax that did come in was just as expressive. Good stuff that will make you and your listeners happy. Highly recommended. *** 1. Short melodic figure repeated with variations and breaks, allegro *** 2. Slower, with some beautiful lines and a couple of trills; picks up some speed from about 4:30 on; sure enough, to my Last Poets reference above, the title mentions ghetto life, but as it turns out, that’s the Krakow (Jewish) ghetto *** 3. Cocky, strutting sax, low-key but steady drumming *** 4. Bumblebee-ish flittering on two saxes *** 5. More all-over-the-place flights with assertive drumming driving it *** 6. Slower and more soulful blowing; the occasional moment when the sax completely dies out and you wait in anticipation of the next phrase is quite nice *** 7. Rapid drumming is the real star; the stabbing sax is a bit distracting here *** 8. Ca-ray-zee energy … and yes, the sax stands back for a short drum solo; cool *** 9. Another Last Poets reminder; as befits the title, the track wanders around, not without purpose but not without a sense of freeform looseness either; great! *** 10. Heavy drumming and forceful sax (well, not Brötzmann-forceful) *** 11. A breather – slower, mellower *** 12. Drums akin to quick stomping turning into a run, sax loping alongside; superb *** 13. A wordless vocal chants along with Watts and Harris going nuts; great finish! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Alpino | 7. | Coayacan | |||
| 2. | Ghetto Life Was Here (Memory Of Cracow) | 8. | Sam Star | |||
| 3. | Sarawak | 9. | Strolling | |||
| 4. | Balintan | 10. | Three And More | |||
| 5. | Maribor Memories | 11. | Balladinine | |||
| 6. | Anna B | 12. | Kerrytown | |||
| 13. | Tandem Voices | |||||