| Axis Trio / Hand, The |
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| Album: | Hand, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Axis Trio | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Snp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-03-01 | Pull Date: | 2009-05-03 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | May 3 | Apr 12 | Apr 5 | Mar 29 | Mar 22 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 27, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum The Hand | 4. | Apr 03, 2009: | Memory Select, early edition Tabacs Compliqués: Deuxième Partie, The Hand | |
| 2. | May 01, 2009: | Memory Select Last Call | 5. | Mar 31, 2009: | Reelin' in the Years Jazz Special The Hand | |
| 3. | Apr 09, 2009: | Connecting Dots Tabacs Compliqués: Deuxième Partie | 6. | Mar 28, 2009: | Music Casserole Tabacs Compliqués: Deuxième Partie |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2009-02-22 | ||
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Piano trio, mostly "nice" stuff with some sense for adventure. Tracks like 1,2,6,7 get kind of out-there, albeit in an accessible way, while the others are a more comforting, rainy-day mode of lyrical piano with nicely stretched-out soloing spaces. Good stuff. (fyi, Tracks 2 and 4 are really nice but take their time developing.) Interesting side note: The three members have roots in Pakistan, Morocco, and Iran: Amino Belyamani (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Qasim Naqvi (drums). Knowing that, the group's name takes on a whole extra meaning. 1- Slow crashing; a clattery, disjoint sound but still in the bounds of a jazz piano trio. Lots of quiet pauses. 2- Plinky, snappy, sparse. Nice thumpy groove later. 3- Mid/fast rainy-day piano 4- Pleasant ballad mode, gets into a deeper intensity later 5- Exploratory but gets into a good mid/fast pace, with tentative piano chords over brisk drums. 6- Strong pulsing, mid/fast. Big rumbling end. 7- Blurry piano rolling, and a tough, small beat. Slower, lyrical middle. Louder, nicely stiff ending. 8- Snappy, calm mid/fast, a quietly satisfying groove | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Hand | 5. | Bloodbath | |||
| 2. | Peacekeeper (For Darfur) | 6. | Tabacs Compliqués: Première Partie | |||
| 3. | Axis Bold | 7. | Tabacs Compliqués: Deuxième Partie | |||
| 4. | Olesong | 8. | Last Call |