| Zitro, James / Zitro |
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| Album: | Zitro | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Zitro, James | Added: | 06/2008 | |
| Label: | Esp-Disk' | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-11-30 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 1 Feb | 25 Jan | 18 Jan | 11 Jan | 4 Jan |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 30, 2009: | Memory Select Sweet | 4. | Jan 16, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis Happy Pretty | |
| 2. | Jan 23, 2009: | Memory Select Freeken [excerpt] | 5. | Jan 09, 2009: | Memory Select Happy Pretty | |
| 3. | Jan 16, 2009: | Memory Select Sweet | 6. | Jan 02, 2009: | Memory Select Freeken |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2008-11-25 | ||
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Fast '60s free jazz that just piles it on with energy and intensity. You've got a very '60s jazz sound, particularly in the piano (check out track 2!) with hyperactive drumming and full-blast solos. James Zitro was Sonny Simmons' drummer back then, and ESP gave him this chance in 1967 to show what he could do as a leader -- great stuff. Allan Praskin (alto sax) Bert Wilson (tenor sax) Warren Gale (trumpet) Michael Cohen (piano) Bruce Gale (bass) James Zitro (drums) 1- (22:09) Wild free jazz, big and energetic but keeping to a deeply '60s sound. Opens with a nice drum solo, mostly toms, then kicks into a strong, hopping groove, part Latin, part hip bebop, with blaring free horns! Solos carry a rich '60s-jazz sound but dance a chaotic line, down to the squealy, intense sax solo that comes last. A massive free-for-all ends it. 2- (13:50) More accessible than #1 -- it's fast '60s bop! A loud, forceful sound, insistant, but very much a straight-jazz opening with complex, speedy lines. Hard-ripping solos with Zitro's drums piling on the intensity behind otherwise calm, jazzy piano comping. Crazy ending, quite a rush. at 8:49, breaks off into a straight piano solo that's fast but gives you a break from the intensity, whew. 3- (5:06) A slow, lovely piano progression interrupted by blaring horns. Ends with guys talking to the engineer: "'That five minutes?" | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Freeken | 2. | Happy Pretty | |||
| 3. | Sweet | |||||