Trombone Tribe
Jazz
| May 2009
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2009-06-21
Reviewed 2009-06-21
ROSWELL RUDD: Trombone Tribe
Sunnyside, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Adventurous elder Rudd celebrates his instrument in grand style. Not only are there three trombones in the album’s core sextet (Rudd, Deborah Weiss, Steve Swell); he also teams up with five more star trombonists on tracks 3&4, plus the bands Bonerama (6), Sexmob (10) and the Gangbe Brass Band of Benin (11-15)! That’s a whole lotta horns and, when it clicks, it’s a lot of fun too.
Roswell Rudd, Steve Swell, Deborah Weisz, Eddie Bert, Sam Burtis, Josh Roseman, Ray Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon - trombones
Bob Stewart - tuba
Henry Grimes - bass
Barry Altschul - drums
* * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
1. 0:26 – horn fanfare
2. 4:18 – relaxed sliding shuffle: fades out / quiet solo / fades back in
3. 3:37 – Eastern European circus march, playful trombone choir + drums
4. 3:03 – massed trombones in a relaxed, raunchy, stripper/crime jazz swing
5. 7:41 – sextet: lumpy intro, then rolls along; distinctive trombone solos + tuba
6. 6:37 – midtempo Bonerama funk: great drum beat, sassy ‘bones & guitar
7. 5:10 – perky, with hints of Africa and New Orleans; bass & tuba solos
8. 6:35 – shuffling swing, kind of muddy: solos have a good dose of humor
9. 6:52 – improvisational: groove builds, falls apart, violin break!, new groove
10. 6:25 – drunken Herbie Nichols march with Sexmob: so much going on!
[11-15: a short suite, best when played together]
11. 2:11 – nice little West African groove; solos wander off, piece scatters
12. 0:30 – slow horn interlude
13. 1:12 – slow: vocal chorus repeats a spiritual lyric
14. 2:56 – upbeat groove, trumpet & trombone converse, drifts away
15. 0:44 – instrumental version of #12 (same melody as #1, by the way)
[ Fo ] 06/20/09
Sunnyside, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Adventurous elder Rudd celebrates his instrument in grand style. Not only are there three trombones in the album’s core sextet (Rudd, Deborah Weiss, Steve Swell); he also teams up with five more star trombonists on tracks 3&4, plus the bands Bonerama (6), Sexmob (10) and the Gangbe Brass Band of Benin (11-15)! That’s a whole lotta horns and, when it clicks, it’s a lot of fun too.
Roswell Rudd, Steve Swell, Deborah Weisz, Eddie Bert, Sam Burtis, Josh Roseman, Ray Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon - trombones
Bob Stewart - tuba
Henry Grimes - bass
Barry Altschul - drums
* * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
1. 0:26 – horn fanfare
2. 4:18 – relaxed sliding shuffle: fades out / quiet solo / fades back in
3. 3:37 – Eastern European circus march, playful trombone choir + drums
4. 3:03 – massed trombones in a relaxed, raunchy, stripper/crime jazz swing
5. 7:41 – sextet: lumpy intro, then rolls along; distinctive trombone solos + tuba
6. 6:37 – midtempo Bonerama funk: great drum beat, sassy ‘bones & guitar
7. 5:10 – perky, with hints of Africa and New Orleans; bass & tuba solos
8. 6:35 – shuffling swing, kind of muddy: solos have a good dose of humor
9. 6:52 – improvisational: groove builds, falls apart, violin break!, new groove
10. 6:25 – drunken Herbie Nichols march with Sexmob: so much going on!
[11-15: a short suite, best when played together]
11. 2:11 – nice little West African groove; solos wander off, piece scatters
12. 0:30 – slow horn interlude
13. 1:12 – slow: vocal chorus repeats a spiritual lyric
14. 2:56 – upbeat groove, trumpet & trombone converse, drifts away
15. 0:44 – instrumental version of #12 (same melody as #1, by the way)
[ Fo ] 06/20/09
Recent airplay
Sand In My Slide Shuffle
Memory Select - Joe Maneri Edition — Aug 28, 2009
Twelve Bars With Sexmob
Transmission Overload — Aug 23, 2009
Hulla Gulla
Music Casserole — Aug 22, 2009
Hulla Gulla
Transmission Overload — Aug 16, 2009
Bone Again With Bonerama
Transmission Overload — Jul 26, 2009
A Place Above [full suite]
Memory Select — Jul 24, 2009
Charting
2009-06-28 — 2009-08-30
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 30 | 2 |
| Aug 23 | 2 |
| Aug 2 | 1 |
| Jul 26 | 1 |
| Jul 19 | 1 |
| Jul 12 | 2 |
| Jul 5 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Fan Fare | ||
| 2. | Elton Dean | ||
| 3. | Astro Slyde | ||
| 4. | No End | ||
| 5. | Hulla Gulla | ||
| 6. | Bone Again With Bonerama | ||
| 7. | To The Day | ||
| 8. | Sand In My Slide Shuffle | ||
| 9. | Slide & The Family Bone | ||
| 10. | Twelve Bars With Sexmob | ||
| 11. | A Place Above, Part 1 | ||
| 12. | A Place Above, Part 2 | ||
| 13. | A Place Above, Part 3 | ||
| 14. | A Place Above, Part 4 | ||
| 15. | A Place Above, Part 5 |