| Shaw, Jaleel / Optimism |
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| Album: | Optimism | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shaw, Jaleel | Added: | May 2008 | |
| Label: | Changu | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-06-29 | Pull Date: | 2008-08-31 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 31 | Aug 17 | Aug 10 | Jul 27 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 29, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum The Struggle | 4. | Jul 25, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Flipside | |
| 2. | Aug 15, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Muna's Dream | 5. | Jul 11, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Love For Sale | |
| 3. | Aug 08, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Flight | 6. | Jul 04, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Flipside |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2008-06-21 | ||
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Mellow mainstream jazz with Shaw on saxophone and up-and-comer Robert Glasper on piano or electric piano. A mature, contemporary sound, a warm late night at a jazz club. 1- Fast. Splashy piano. A contemporary bop feel. 2- Slow ballad, warm, gentle 3- An easy mid/fast. Nice guitar solo. 4- A cool patter, summery feel. 5- Romantic, slow 6- Cool electric piano, interesting midtempo step 7- Gently upbeat, bouncy. Kicks into higher gear later. Piano solo includes some cool trickery 8- Very slow, sentimental ballad 9- Nice afterglow feel, just floats there, w/blippy sounds. 10- Midtempo gallop. Good sax solo with a bit of fire 11- Calmly cascading, midtempo. A heartfelt little track | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Flipside | 6. | Flight | |||
| 2. | Almost | 7. | Love For Sale | |||
| 3. | In 3 | 8. | Muna's Sleeping | |||
| 4. | Optimism | 9. | Muna's Dream | |||
| 5. | If I'm Lucky | 10. | The Struggle | |||
| 11. | Optilude | |||||