| Hébert, John / Byzantine Monkey |
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| Album: | Byzantine Monkey | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hébert, John | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Firehouse 12 | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-07-26 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Aug 30 | Aug 9 | Aug 2 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 01, 2010: | Memory Select Ciao Monkey | 4. | Sep 11, 2009: | Memory Select - w/The Bad Plus La Reine De La Salle | |
| 2. | Sep 20, 2009: | Transmission Overload La Reine De La Salle | 5. | Aug 28, 2009: | Memory Select - Joe Maneri Edition Blind Pig | |
| 3. | Sep 18, 2009: | Total Pops Madness Fez 2 | 6. | Aug 23, 2009: | Transmission Overload Fez |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-07-26 | ||
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JOHN HÉBERT: Byzantine Monkey Firehouse 12, 2009 AVANT-GARDE – Bassist Hébert, a prolific sideman on the creative music scene, now steps out with his own sextet of heavy hitters. The band shows inspired interplay, rarely playing out but keeping a wide-open approach. Cerebral stuff, but with a few breakouts at the edges. John Hébert - bass Tony Malaby - tenor & soprano sax Michaël Attias - alto & baritone sax Nasheet Waits - drums Satoshi Takeishi - percussion Adam Kolker - flutes & bass clarinet * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 1. 4:39 – bass engages a cajun field recording; then horns spin the melody out 2. 8:53 – fantastically rich drums, mysterious patterns, slinky horn interplay 3. 7:16 – slow chamber-jazz, then complex drums set up jumbled second half 4. 5:35 – a slow surrealist spiral; like an abandoned playground in the fog 5. 6:58 – first half is heavy, creaking drones; second half uptempo & sneaky 6. 6:17 – floating, unsettled melody with flute; drifts gently but unpredictably 7. 8:52 – Turkish inspiration: exotic drums, falls into an odd-meter groove 8. 4:40 – for Andrew Hill: gentle, moody ballad with lots of bass space 9. 1:43 – brief reprise of #7, just drums & bass 10. 5:22 – avant ballad, slowly drifts apart in open space, becomes a drone [ Fo ] 07/26/09 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | La Reine De La Salle | 6. | Cajun Christmas | |||
| 2. | Acrid Landscape | 7. | Fez | |||
| 3. | Run For The Hills | 8. | For A.H. | |||
| 4. | Blind Pig | 9. | Fez 2 | |||
| 5. | Ciao Monkey | 10. | New Belly |