| Klang / Tea Music |
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| Album: | Tea Music | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Klang | Added: | Aug 2009 | |
| Label: | Allos Documents | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-10-04 | Pull Date: | 2009-12-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 6 | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Oct 25 | Oct 18 | Oct 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 01, 2009: | Memory Select Fickle | 4. | Nov 13, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum G.F.O.P. | |
| 2. | Nov 17, 2009: | Memory Select G.F.O.P. | 5. | Oct 23, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Lament On Ash Wednesday | |
| 3. | Nov 14, 2009: | Music Casserole Lament On Ash Wednesday | 6. | Oct 16, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum G.F.O.P. |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-10-04 | ||
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KLANG: Tea Music Allos Documents, 2009 AVANT-GARDE – This quartet of Chicago improvisers draws primary inspiration from the early 1950s music of Jimmy Giuffre, as well as the clarinet/vibes quartets of Benny Goodman and Eric Dolphy. But all the music here is original, with a bright, shimmering tone, a deft blend of inside/outside playing, and a skewed sense of humor. Cool stuff! * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 1. 3:18 – a goofy, lumpy swing slides into oblique, honking interplay 2. 5:16 – quick glide becomes loose jumble, quiet space, thick walk, returns 3. 4:36 – mysterious drum pattern, slow clarinet/vibes, ambient bass squeaks 4. 5:42 – slouching melody, then wide open improv: gets scribbly, somber, low 5. 2:12 – sneaky little ditty gives way to quick drum patter, comes back 6. 4:16 – lazy ballad: played straight but with a booming, oblique bass solo 7. 4:03 – off-center swing spars with odd little breaks, then jolly free playing 8. 4:19 – slow, melancholy: solo bass break mixes big tone & silence 9. 5:35 – happy, twisty melody, drifts into disorientation, winding boppy solos 10. 3:02 – slooow tune gets caught on spiky vibes, drifts lazily 11. 5:20 – perky stroll wanders into bad neighborhood: cool, layered improv 12. 1:39 – slow, thick, sloughs along and fades away [ Fo ] 10/04/09 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | G.F.O.P. | 7. | #32 Busonius | |||
| 2. | Fickle | 8. | Klang | |||
| 3. | Lament On Ash Wednesday | 9. | Dwarfs | |||
| 4. | Oolong With Multiplicity | 10. | Last Love Song | |||
| 5. | No Milk | 11. | China Black | |||
| 6. | Giants | 12. | Klang...Reprise |