Moses, Rakalam Bob / Father's Day B'hash
Album: Father's Day B'hash   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Moses, Rakalam Bob   Added:May 2009
Label:Sunnyside Communications  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-06-28 Pull Date: 2009-08-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Aug 30 Aug 23 Aug 16 Aug 9 Aug 2 Jul 26 Jul 12 Jul 5
Airplays: 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 15, 2022: Music Casserole
A Pure And Simple Being, Exhalation #2 (Peace)
4. Aug 23, 2009: Transmission Overload
Exhalation #3 (Fire Breath)
2. Mar 16, 2013: Music Casserole
Exhalation #1 (Love)
5. Aug 22, 2009: Music Casserole
Pollack Springs
3. Aug 28, 2009: Memory Select - Joe Maneri Edition
Pollack Springs
6. Aug 21, 2009: Memory Select
Drums For Shompa Lodro

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-06-27
RAKALAM BOB MOSES: Father’s Day B’hash
Sunnyside, 2009

FREE JAZZ – Pioneering drummer, on the scene since the 1960s, leads a nine-piece ensemble through intense, often spiritual free improv and some crazy compositions. But a tight-knit band keeps even the wildest stretches (and this does get wild!) sounding cohesive and directional.

* * * * | All tracks have power. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 7, 9

1. 12:22 – free improv: full, billowing sound; expands slowly with primal cries, diffuses into churning rhythmic splashes, calm resolution.
2. 9:03 – dense improv: horn riffs inside a furious monotone scribble, then complex interplay over high-speed drumming, calms down
3. 8:55 – prepared piano sprays notes around, then whole band goes nuts!!!
4. 2:46 – slow, spiritual sound: ballad melody amidst swirling winds
5. 5:40 – speedy drum solo, tones & patterns reminiscent of tablas
6. 10:30 – spiritual improv, relatively calm: jazz ideas drift in/out, agitated end
7. 6:50 – quasi-unison theme into thick, chattering group improv
8. 3:12 – otherworldly creaks & groans… downright creepy!
9. 12:06 – tribal: kalimba chorus, vocalizations, water sounds lay foundation for burgeoning mass meditation, very spiritual vibe here

[ Fo ] 06/27/09

Track Listing
1. Exhalation #1 (Love)   5. Drums For Shompa Lodro
2. Exhalation #3 (Fire Breath)   6. Exhalation #2 (Peace)
3. Pollack Springs   7. Our Life
4. Father's Day Celebration   8. Duet For Violin And Squeaky Door
  9. A Pure And Simple Being