Abbey Road Duos
Jazz
| Dec 2007
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2008-01-19
Reviewed 2008-01-19
EVAN PARKER & MATTHEW SHIPP: Abbey Road Duos
Treader, 2007
Sax/piano duets from a pair of avant-garde stars: the first half of the disc has Parker on tenor, then he switches to soprano (despite the “Alto Suite” title). Moods range from art-gallery cool to dense and complex. Fantastic interplay, easily recommended to all out-jazz fans. Wow.
All outstanding. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 6:33 – cool & reserved, formal with lots of space, a philosophical argument
2. 4:02 – scribbly sax, staccato piano whiz by in short bursts & tangled strands
3. 6:22 – piano tiptoes while sax muses, flirts with various rhythms and stomps
4. 5:13 – staccato, piano self-dialogue against sax squeaks & gnarled phrases
5. 5:45 – icy and vast: mournful sax, disconnected piano/piano string phrases
6. 6:56 – fast sax scribbles & strolls as piano searches & storms, intense end
7. 3:29 – very slow and sparse, phrases hang in mid-air
8. 2:35 – quiet but busy, as sax & piano flit about, gets louder & more insistent
[ Fo ] 19-Jan-08
Treader, 2007
Sax/piano duets from a pair of avant-garde stars: the first half of the disc has Parker on tenor, then he switches to soprano (despite the “Alto Suite” title). Moods range from art-gallery cool to dense and complex. Fantastic interplay, easily recommended to all out-jazz fans. Wow.
All outstanding. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 6:33 – cool & reserved, formal with lots of space, a philosophical argument
2. 4:02 – scribbly sax, staccato piano whiz by in short bursts & tangled strands
3. 6:22 – piano tiptoes while sax muses, flirts with various rhythms and stomps
4. 5:13 – staccato, piano self-dialogue against sax squeaks & gnarled phrases
5. 5:45 – icy and vast: mournful sax, disconnected piano/piano string phrases
6. 6:56 – fast sax scribbles & strolls as piano searches & storms, intense end
7. 3:29 – very slow and sparse, phrases hang in mid-air
8. 2:35 – quiet but busy, as sax & piano flit about, gets louder & more insistent
[ Fo ] 19-Jan-08
Recent airplay
Alto Suite 3
Memory Select — Feb 29, 2008
Tenor Suite 3
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 29, 2008
Alto Suite 2
Baptism of Solitude — Feb 27, 2008
Tenor Suite 2
Memory Select — Feb 01, 2008
Alto Suite 2
Baptism of Solitude — Jan 23, 2008
Alto Suite 2
Baptism of Solitude — Jan 16, 2008
Charting
2007-12-31 — 2008-03-03
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 2 | 3 |
| Feb 3 | 1 |
| Jan 27 | 1 |
| Jan 20 | 1 |
| Jan 13 | 2 |
| Jan 6 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Tenor Suite 1 | ||
| 2. | Tenor Suite 2 | ||
| 3. | Tenor Suite 3 | ||
| 4. | Tenor Suite 4 | ||
| 5. | Alto Suite 1 | ||
| 6. | Alto Suite 2 | ||
| 7. | Alto Suite 3 | ||
| 8. | Alto Suite 4 |