Irwin, Aaron Group / Blood And Thunder
Album: Blood And Thunder   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Irwin, Aaron Group   Added:Nov 2008
Label:Fresh Sound New Talent  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-03-29 Pull Date: 2009-05-31 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 31 May 24 May 3 Apr 26 Apr 12 Apr 5
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 09, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Like The Sunshine
4. Aug 31, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Like The Sunshine
2. Jan 26, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
From This Moment On
5. May 30, 2009: Music Casserole
Sprung
3. Oct 18, 2013: No Cover, No Minimum
Like The Sunshine
6. May 17, 2009: Sasquatch Sub
Unil We Say Our Last Goodbye

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-03-29
AARON IRWIN GROUP: Blood and Thunder
Fresh Sound/New Talent, 2008

MODERN JAZZ – This introverted quintet features dense yet natural-sounding interplay. It’s more straightforward than the time-shifting sound of Irwin’s Into the Light (2006), but his compositions still display an intriguing flow and ear-catching harmonics. Guitarist Ben Monder adds a sense of floating detachment, and drummer Ferenc Nemeth does a great job of unobtrusively creating interesting settings.

* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9

1. 8:40 – optimistic, almost jaunty theme, but with a softly bittersweet shadow
2. 6:58 – enigmatic tune with quiet Latin rhythm, cool sax & guitar solos
3. 3:30 – free-floating group interplay over slow guitar chords; crests gently
4. 5:32 – cute country ditty: laid-back, lazy and real friendly-like
5. 6:15 – Cole Porter tune chopped up and run on parallel tracks. Nice work.
6. 5:52 – slouching drag with a turbulent core, ho-hum melody but good solos
7. 5:11 – odd little tune, perky ‘n’ quirky theme, some muddy sections too
8. 6:48 – sweet Bill Evans tune, rocks gently: warm round of solos
9. 6:33 – totally romantic, slow/midtempo with violin, cinematic touch

[ Fo ] 03/29/09

Track Listing
1. Like The Sunshine   5. From This Moment On
2. The Wizard   6. Little Hurts
3. Blood And Thunder   7. Sprung
4. Back To You   8. Very Early
  9. Unil We Say Our Last Goodbye