| Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch / This We Know |
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| Album: | This We Know | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Palmetto Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-12-21 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 14, 2009: | Music Casserole Bedtime Story | 4. | Jan 30, 2009: | Memory Select Four In One | |
| 2. | Feb 06, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Bedtime Story | 5. | Jan 21, 2009: | The B-Side Four In One | |
| 3. | Feb 04, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw Langrage | 6. | Jan 09, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Canzona |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2008-12-19 | ||
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Hersch's lush piano meets the jazzy but artsy clarinet/sax of Michael Moore (not the filmmaker). Moore is better known for a quirky style of Dutch jazz, but in an accessible way, with hints of Klezmer. Hersch is more mainstream but gets pushed into some off-color tricks (moments of track 3, e.g.) Overall mood is like a velvety film noir, hushed and heavy. By the way, this pairing isn't so random: The two guys have known each other since 1975. 1- Soft, romantic. Quiet New England autumn leaves. 2- Light, dancing 3- Slow, heavy. Moore gets into squeaky, piping notes 4- Light and fleeting. Sounds like something Myra Melford would do: A lilting, sunny ballet that doesn't fit the usual jazz mold but wouldn't feel out of place in a jazz club. 5- Drifting but assertive. Touches of blues in the later soloing. 6- Upbeat. Bouncy jazz-standard feel. 7- Classical feel, delicate 8- Mid/fast. 9- Wandering and wistful 10- Mid/fast; soft but perky. Gets bouncy. Klezmer hints. 11- Mid/fast but softly content. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Aquellos Ojos Verdes | 6. | Doce De Coco | |||
| 2. | Bedtime Story | 7. | This We Know | |||
| 3. | The Sad Bird | 8. | Lee's Dream | |||
| 4. | Four In One | 9. | Sandwiches & Brandy | |||
| 5. | Spirit Of '76 | 10. | Langrage | |||
| 11. | Canzona | |||||