Surman, John / Brewster's Rooster
Album: Brewster's Rooster   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Surman, John   Added:Aug 2009
Label:Ecm Records (Jazz)  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-09-27 Pull Date: 2009-11-29 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 22 Nov 1 Oct 25 Oct 18 Oct 11 Oct 4
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Recent Airplay
1. Nov 17, 2009: Memory Select
Kickback
4. Oct 20, 2009: Memory Select
Hilltop Dancer
2. Oct 30, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum, No Chit-Chat
Brewster's Rooster
5. Oct 17, 2009: Music Casserole
Going For A Burton
3. Oct 23, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Kickback
6. Oct 09, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Kickback

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-09-27
JOHN SURMAN: Brewster’s Rooster
ECM, 2009

MODERN JAZZ – Genre-hopping saxophonist Surman reunites with old friends (guitarist John Abercrombie and drummer Jack DeJohnette) for an advanced straight-jazz session that also includes Drew Gress on bass. That’s one heck of a band, and they sound great, with lots of depth and buzzing interplay wrapped up in that soothing ECM blanket.

* * * * | All very good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9

1. 6:36 – serene, moody melody and light, skipping breaks; thoughtful solos
2. 7:29 – uptempo: lively sax, bouncy bass, winding guitar, busy drums
3. 6:54 – easygoing stroll, really nice quartet sound, quietly happy all around
4. 7:27 – upbeat: great drums here, drops for sneaky guitar, surfing sax solo
5. 5:51 – languorous Billy Strayhorn ballad: slow, romantic but bittersweet
6. 6:20 – free-jazz sound rises gradually on skittering drums, buzzes & swirls
7. 10:46 – calm intro; lively tune cruises with a serious edge, very well crafted
8. 6:39 – kind of a modernist strut, relaxed & soulful with some exotic touches
9. 6:48 – upbeat, smiling tune, very friendly with some tricky twists

[ Fo ] 09/27/09

Track Listing
1. Slanted Sky   5. Chelsea Bridge
2. Hilltop Dancer   6. Haywain
3. No Finesse   7. Counter Measures
4. Kickback   8. Brewster's Rooster
  9. Going For A Burton