Bloom, Jane Ira / Mental Weather
| Album: | Mental Weather | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bloom, Jane Ira | Added: | Mar 2008 | |
| Label: | Outline Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-04-20 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 | Apr 27 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 03, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Luminous Bridges |
4. | May 09, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Luminous Bridges |
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| 2. | May 23, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Electrochemistry |
5. | Apr 23, 2008: | Divine Secrets of the Eran-Mukamel Sisterhood ($1/(1-1/4)-1$ black)
What To Wear |
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| 3. | May 16, 2008: | Memory Select
Electrochemistry |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-04-12
Reviewed 2008-04-12
JANE IRA BLOOM: Mental Weather
Outline, 2008
MODERN JAZZ SUITE – The graceful arcs and slippery themes that comprise this nine-part suite seem to beckon for a choreographer. Bloom’s beautiful, crystal-clear soprano saxophone flutters nimbly through shifting rhythms and lyrical meditations, spiked occasionally with live electronics for a surreal accent, while drummer Matt Wilson tosses and rolls the suite’s brightly-drawn structures like a juggler.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 6
1. 5:27 – slow, stately ballad, all soft curves
2. 6:10 – active, dancelike sound, carefully constructed patterns
3. 6:13 – playful, furtive theme; propulsive solos over changing rhythms
4. 4:21 – lopsided theme into vigorous chugging with electronic accents
5. 5:12 – cool slippery groove with interesting chord cycle, sudden downshift
6. 3:49 – complex and speedy, electronics on sax; tumbling piano solo
7. 5:56 – slow ballad: fragile intro, melancholy sax, lovely brushed drums
8. 7:10 – rippling melody falls into a bright jumble, quietly creeping middle
9. 3:32 – solo sax, meanders through a ballad
[ Fo ] 12-Apr-08
Outline, 2008
MODERN JAZZ SUITE – The graceful arcs and slippery themes that comprise this nine-part suite seem to beckon for a choreographer. Bloom’s beautiful, crystal-clear soprano saxophone flutters nimbly through shifting rhythms and lyrical meditations, spiked occasionally with live electronics for a surreal accent, while drummer Matt Wilson tosses and rolls the suite’s brightly-drawn structures like a juggler.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 6
1. 5:27 – slow, stately ballad, all soft curves
2. 6:10 – active, dancelike sound, carefully constructed patterns
3. 6:13 – playful, furtive theme; propulsive solos over changing rhythms
4. 4:21 – lopsided theme into vigorous chugging with electronic accents
5. 5:12 – cool slippery groove with interesting chord cycle, sudden downshift
6. 3:49 – complex and speedy, electronics on sax; tumbling piano solo
7. 5:56 – slow ballad: fragile intro, melancholy sax, lovely brushed drums
8. 7:10 – rippling melody falls into a bright jumble, quietly creeping middle
9. 3:32 – solo sax, meanders through a ballad
[ Fo ] 12-Apr-08
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