Equal Time / Regeneration X
Album: Regeneration X   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Equal Time   Added:Aug 2008
Label:Avant Coast  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-10-05 Pull Date: 2008-12-07 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 23 Oct 26 Oct 19 Oct 12
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 21, 2008: Memory Select
Cryptozoology
3. Oct 16, 2008: Sunshine ... in the Afternoon (Full Moon)
Central Avenue Rebirth
2. Oct 24, 2008: Memory Select
Regeneration X: Phase 2
4. Oct 09, 2008: Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Central Avenue Rebirth

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-10-02
Acoustic quartet running solid jazz grooves with plenty of open soloing. Sprited, a bit lo-fi. Nice stuff -- blazing and energetic, steeped in jazz tradition, with sax and trombone gracing most tracks, and a prominently thick bass sound.

1- Fairly fast flow, more abstract than most tracks. SEGUES into:
2- Soulful little groove, light and mid/fast. Sax at first, then both horns get cooking a bit. Late in the game, sax takes a really outside solo as the band loosens considerably. SEGUES into:
3- Spirited bass solo, then a toe-tapping groove
4- Light-touch percussion, decently fast but meditatively soft. Then a nice little bass groove.
5- Groove that gets into some nice furious sax. Fades away early on, then comes back in a calmer groove, still mid/fast. The whole thing rolls along for more than 20 minutes.
6- Loose bass/drums, gets into a simplistic riff. Into some nice improvising w/trombone
7- Sunny New Orleans riff, lotta soul. A short, simple "hit single" of an ending.

Track Listing
1. Regeneration X: Phase 1   4. Cryptozoology
2. Regeneration X: Phase 2   5. Yrrehs Mas
3. Regeneration X: Phase 3   6. Life Force
  7. Central Avenue Rebirth