| Bloom, Jane Ira / Mental Weather |
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| Album: | Mental Weather | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bloom, Jane Ira | Added: | Mar 2008 | |
| Label: | Outline Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-20 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 | Apr 27 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 3. | May 16, 2008: | Memory Select Electrochemistry | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2008-04-12 | ||
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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 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | A More Beautiful Question | 5. | Luminous Bridges | |||
| 2. | Ready For Anything | 6. | Electrochemistry | |||
| 3. | Multiple Choice | 7. | Cello On The Inside | |||
| 4. | Mental Weather | 8. | What To Wear | |||
| 9. | First Thoughts/This Nearly Was Mine | |||||