| Bynum, Taylor Ho & Spidermonkey Strings / Madeleine Dreams |
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| Album: | Madeleine Dreams | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bynum, Taylor Ho & Spidermonkey Strings | Added: | Sep 2009 | |
| Label: | Firehouse 12 | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-10-25 | Pull Date: | 2009-12-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 6 | Nov 29 | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Nov 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 22, 2009: | Memory Select Lesson | 4. | Nov 24, 2009: | Memory Select Metamorphosis | |
| 2. | Dec 15, 2009: | Memory Select What Reason Could I Give, Objects Lost on Journeys/Hush (reprise) | 5. | Nov 17, 2009: | Memory Select Lesson | |
| 3. | Dec 01, 2009: | Memory Select Angels And Demons At Play | 6. | Nov 14, 2009: | Music Casserole Le Petomane |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-10-25 | ||
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TAYLOR HO BYNUM & SPIDERMONKEY STRINGS: Madeleine Dreams Firehouse 12 AVANT-GARDE – Cornetist Bynum’s interesting group features a string quartet, tuba, guitar and drums, plus vocals. The first 6 tracks of this CD are a suite, with surrealist, poetic dream texts taken from a novel written by Bynum’s sister. The music is itself dreamlike, ethereal and calmly inscrutable. The rest is a tribute to Bynum’s musical heroes. Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn Kyoko Kitamura - voice Jason Kao Hwang - violin Jessica Pavone - viola Tomas Ulrich - cello Pete Fitzpatrick - guitar Joseph Daley - tuba Luther Gray - drums * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 5, 8, 9 1. 1:34 – spoken word and slow, mysterious strings 2. 5:31 – relaxed, quietly padding rhythm, high stretched vocal, soft & sneaky 3. 2:31 – spoken word against chamber strings: tells a brief story 4. 2:48 – cornet & tuba skritch over dissonant strings; brief spoken word 5. 10:20 – longer, wide-ranging piece: follows a twisting dream with dynamic vocal, heavy shifting layers, melodic murmurs and quiet scribbles 6. 1:15 – spoken word; musically reprises #1 7. 4:16 – Ornette Coleman: cornet/tuba/drums; gives way to slow vocal/strings 8. 9:02 – Duke Ellington: atmospheric intro, then ghostly swing; vocal screech! 9. 8:25 – Sun Ra: space guitar, tumult, twisted march: everyone pulls together [ Fo ] 10/25/09 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Hush | 5. | Objects Lost On Journeys | |||
| 2. | Le Petomane | 6. | Hush (Reprise) | |||
| 3. | Lesson | 7. | What Reason Could I Give | |||
| 4. | Metamorphosis | 8. | The Mooche | |||
| 9. | Angels And Demons At Play | |||||