| Hartigan, Royal / Ancestors |
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| Album: | Ancestors | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hartigan, Royal | Added: | 10/2008 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-04-05 | Pull Date: | 2009-06-07 |
| Week Ending: | 7 Jun | 17 May | 10 May | 19 Apr | 12 Apr |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 08, 2016: | Melange La Vie En Rose / All To Myself / Soliloquy | 4. | May 15, 2009: | Memory Select Passages | |
| 2. | Jun 05, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis Cycles | 5. | May 13, 2009: | Signal to Noise syrinx | |
| 3. | Jun 03, 2009: | KZSU's Heartbleeps (& Matthew Sperry) Tatao | 6. | May 10, 2009: | Death Row Radio: Mother's Day Special Hazel's Dance |
| Album Review |
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| Alma Mahler Reviewed 2009-03-30 | ||
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Beautiful jazz, poetry, percussion, tap and other experimental compositions. Hartigan provides amazing percussion throughout the album, and is joined by many different artists: Baomi ‘s gorgeous soulful vocals & narrative poetry stand out. Also hear the Philippine dabakan drum, Japanese shakahuchi flute, Chinese zhugeng zither and Persian ney. A really beautiful, moving album. No FCCs. All very good. 1) * Soprano saxophone and bells – lovely, short. 2) Percussion based on traditional rhythms of West African dance drumming, shifts with vocal sounds. 3) Sax and drums – “impressions from memories, dream, shadows” 4) Piano, saxophone & poetry – a three-part suite for Hartigan’s mother. 5) * Zither, drums - interpretation of a poem by Tang Dynasty poet Li Bo. 6) * Drums and sax – upbeat “seven-pulse groove” for Hartigan’s father. 7) Piaf tune / poem by Hartigan’s grandfather/ dramatic violin 8) * A tap dance taught to hartigan by his Uncle, a world champion Irish clog dancer. 9) Vocals accompanied by brushed drums. 10) Upbeat variation on a traditional music style of the Southern Phillipines 11) Piano, violin – done very tenderly. 12) * Lovely, meditative track - Persian ney & Turkish bendir (drum). 13) * More tap! This time with banjo!! Light-hearted & playful. 14) Poem accompanied by tap (poem by Hartigan’s mother). 15) Piano, violin – another very tender tune. 16) * West African master drums, Hartigan on drumset Disc 2 1) Jaunty, brief piano piece. 2) Drums, vocals – meandering, sparse, thoughtful. 3) Tap and sax 4) Sax, piano - harsh & frenetic 5) Debussy’s flute solo with scant drums 6) Vocals & drums, floating time feel 7) An African American jazz tap dance learned from his parents 8) Chinese zither & drumset – based on ancient Chinese song about harsh life & work of constructing the Great Wall 9) Tenor sax & tap dance 10) Opening excerpt from 2nd movement of this concerto, with piano stream 11) A conceptual improvisation - Shakuhachi Japanese flute and drums 12) African American spiritual 13) Piano tribute to his parents and past generations 14) Drum & tap dance conversation 15) Poetry – tap, drums, piano & violin accompany 16) Upbeat stage show dance tune – violin, piano 17) Voice, bells & cymbals – ethereal 18) Tap – very simple | ||
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