Markowitz, Phil Trio / Catalysis
Album: Catalysis   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Markowitz, Phil Trio   Added:Aug 2008
Label:Sunnyside Communications  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-10-12 Pull Date: 2008-12-14 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Dec 14 Nov 30 Nov 16 Nov 9 Nov 2 Oct 19
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 05, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Catalysis
4. Nov 14, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Undercurrents
2. Dec 12, 2008: Rorshach's Dance
Breach
5. Nov 07, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Catalysis
3. Nov 28, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Breach
6. Oct 31, 2008: The Rent Party
M.D.A.

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-10-09
PHIL MARKOWITZ TRIO: Catalysis
Sunnyside, 2008

MODERN JAZZ – This cool trio brings a friendly mainstream air to some obliquely inventive tunes, smiling inscrutably as it plunges into deep waters. Markowitz has a distinctive touch on piano, sensitive but often drifting towards abstraction or ablaze with sparkling complexity.

All good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 7

1. 4:30 – sneaky swing with an airy feel, follows twisty melodic lines
2. 7:14 – dramatic piano; ominous swells disrupt a wide-open, placid sea
3. 5:17 – uptempo, staccato melodic streams in a sort of morse-code rhythm
4. 6:16 – spacious and gently flowing, melodic piano counterpoint, no chords
5. 9:45 – cool: slides through a series of oddly ambiguous walking grooves
6. 11:41 – slow tone poem: moody, aching, very intimate
7. 6:25 – uptempo, buzzing interplay: brief bursts and spinning runs
8. 5:39 – introspective piano, relaxed walking rhythm; soulful yet obscure

[ Fo ] 9-Oct-08

Track Listing
1. M.D.A.   5. Undercurrents
2. For The Sake Of...   6. Waiting
3. Breach   7. Catalysis
4. Whys And Wherefores   8. Fine