| White, Michael / Blue Crescent |
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| Album: | Blue Crescent | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | White, Michael | Added: | Jun 2008 | |
| Label: | Basin Street | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-07-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-09-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 28 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 17 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 13, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Dark Sunshine | 4. | Aug 29, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Majestic Strut | |
| 2. | Sep 24, 2008: | Rorshach's Dance King Of The Second Line | 5. | Aug 15, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Dark Sunshine | |
| 3. | Sep 05, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Dark Sunshine | 6. | Aug 08, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Katrina |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2008-07-27 | ||
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DR MICHAEL WHITE: Blue Crescent Basin Street, 2008 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ – Unlike many other post-Katrina CDs, this one stays largely upbeat, focusing on the city’s positive sprit rather than what has been lost (although White, a leading clarinetist and educator, lost a lot in the storm). Most of the tracks are originals, played beautifully and full of life, with some nice gospel tunes mixed in. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 1. 3:50 – merry tune; low-key vox in French; good-time piano, trumpet, clarinet 2. 4:19 – slow-dance ballad: clarinet plays sweet ‘n’ low, pretty & charming 3. 4:15 – St. Louis Blues as tough li’l march: growling trumpet, wailing clarinet 4. 4:16 – cute calypso melody, bounces lightly; bright horn interplay 5. 7:50 – slow funeral march, expressive but not melodramatic; horns trade solos around like men commiserating by passing a bottle 6. 3:16 – jaunty gospel tune; gruff but happy vocal 7. 5:42 – low creep, very cool: clarinet slinks & slides; conspiratorial piano 8. 4:00 – upbeat vocal tribute to late bandleader “Doc” Paulin (1907-2007) 9. 3:49 – gospel tune in slow waltz time: nice vocal, good use of banjo 10. 2:57 – twisty clarinet melody over good-time barrelhouse stomp 11. 5:22 – sweet bluesy drag: great “talking” trumpet & clarinet solos 12. 5:17 – exotic intro, then a relaxed lilting Mediterranean melody/stomp 13. 6:05 – perky tune chugs along with a loose jam feel and nice drumming 14. 2:29 – street parade classic, full of joy [ Fo ] 27-Jul-08 | ||
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