| Harrison, Joel / Wheel, The |
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| Album: | Wheel, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Harrison, Joel | Added: | 07/2008 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-08-03 | Pull Date: | 2008-10-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 5 Oct | 28 Sep | 14 Sep | 31 Aug | 24 Aug | 17 Aug | 10 Aug |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 27, 2021: | Music Casserole Rising | 4. | Oct 10, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Rising | |
| 2. | Feb 29, 2020: | Music Casserole Rising | 5. | Oct 03, 2008: | Memory Select We Have Been The Victims Of A Broken Promise | |
| 3. | Jun 07, 2013: | No Cover, No minimum Ceaseless Motion (Watch The Future Roll By) | 6. | Oct 03, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Blues Circle |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2008-08-03 | ||
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JOEL HARRISON: The Wheel Innova, 2008 JAZZ/CLASSICAL – Stunning suite for double-quartet (three violins + cello on the one hand, a jazz quartet on the other) and Harrison’s own moody guitar. This is an excellent merging of modern jazz and modern classical music, with dynamite improvisational energy surging within intricately layered structures, while also incorporating heavy doses of Appalachian and even African music. Just awesome. Highly recommended! energetic: 1, 5 / jazzy: 2, 3 / emotive: 4, 6 1. 6:07 – slow strings, then a bustling Appalachian sound with layers of rhythm 2. 7:02 – slow intro, then thoughtful African sound on an intricate 5-beat cycle, switches to straight jazz midway through, drifts back gradually 3. 9:39 – strong pulse, elaborate harmony: rises, then plateaus for sax solo; breaks down for complex string interaction. Liner notes mention Messiaen and Weather Report… yep, that’s about right! 4. 7:47 – elegiac intro, then slow, simple, emotionally rich with surging strings 5. 7:33 – speedy, bursting with energy, incredibly dense at times, exhausting 6. 8:09 – tragic intro, heavy strings slowly rising, then gritty soaring guitar [ Fo ] 3-Aug-08 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | American Farewell | 4. | We Have Been The Victims Of A Broken Promise | |||
| 2. | Blues Circle | 5. | Ceaseless Motion (Watch The Future Roll By) | |||
| 3. | Rising | 6. | In Memoriam: Dana Brayton |