| Welch, Neil / Narmada |
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| Album: | Narmada | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Welch, Neil | Added: | 07/2008 | |
| Label: | Belle Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-09-21 | Pull Date: | 2008-11-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 23 Nov | 16 Nov | 9 Nov | 28 Sep |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 21, 2008: | Memory Select Narmada | 3. | Nov 07, 2008: | Memory Select Neptune | |
| 2. | Nov 14, 2008: | Memory Select Raga Kirwani [cont'd], Raga Kirwani | 4. | Sep 26, 2008: | Memory Select Narmada |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2008-09-24 | ||
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A deep post-bop band with almost too much of the John Coltrane/McCoy Tyner "classic quartet" sound. Led by sax and piano, of course, with a couple of surprises (sitar on tracks 3,7). Decent overall but feels derivative; some buzzy guitar here and there helps elevate it. The few quiet segments left me flat. Basically a '60s nostalgia session with some twists, like the free-jazz intensity of #5, or the 17-minute raga of #7. 1- A coolly rolling late-Coltrane vibe, after a sneaky evil bassline start 2- Coltrane II. Strong, propulsive, with percussion for a "world" touch. Gets downright furious. 3- Quiet sitar & sax start. Then finally: brisk & breezy contempo-jazz that includes a nifty sitar solo. Really gets cooking. 4- Chiming guitar plucking, turns into a fast loungy piece that eventually gets screaming. Abrupt ending. 5- Big and swirling. Gets pretty wild and out-there. 6- Heavy, crashing-ocean feel, dark. 7- Sitar+sax raga. Slow thoughtful, incense-laden. Long. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Madness In Motion | 4. | Paranoid Android | |||
| 2. | The Search (For Coltrane, Pharoah And Ayler) | 5. | Neptune | |||
| 3. | Narmada | 6. | Darker | |||
| 7. | Raga Kirwani | |||||