Nyndk / Hunting Of The Snark, The
| Album: | Hunting Of The Snark, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Nyndk | Added: | Dec 2009 | |
| Label: | Jazzheads | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-02-21 | Pull Date: | 2010-04-25 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 25 | Mar 28 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 | Mar 7 | Feb 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 22, 2010: | Memory Select
Nordheim: The Hunting Of The Snark |
4. | Mar 19, 2010: | Memory Select
Ives: The Cage |
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| 2. | Mar 25, 2010: | orangeasm
Ives: Remembrance |
5. | Mar 11, 2010: | orangeasm
Ives: 1,2,3 |
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| 3. | Mar 20, 2010: | Music Casserole
Nordheim: The Hunting Of The Snark |
6. | Mar 04, 2010: | orangeasm
Ives: The Cage |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-02-21
Reviewed 2010-02-21
NYNDK: The Hunting of the Snark
Jazzheads, 2009
POSTMODERN JAZZ – This innovative group representing New York, Norway and Denmark (hence the name) takes on the task of reinterpreting modern classical works from each country in a jazz context, and then attempting to fuse the compositional styles of each selected composer with their own improvisational sensibilities. The results aren’t nearly as academic than that description indicates: this is exciting, modern music that has been thoroughly chewed and digested.
Ole Mathisen - saxophones, clarinet
Chris Washburne - trombone
Soren Moller - piano
Per Mathisen - bass
Tony Moreno - drums
* * * * | All good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 13
1. 2:48 – Charles Ives: oblique stride; trombone & sax slide energetically
2. 3:36 – Ives: difficult, slippery terrain, no firm footing; sounds group improv
3. 3:06 – Ives: slow, thick atmosphere, moves with a steady, dreamlike tread
4. 0:34 – buzzing improvisational interlude
5. 7:28 – Arne Nordheim: suspenseful start, strong, jazz grooves, slow ending
6. 2:02 – very slow and open: horns call to each other across an icy distance
7. 4:33 – Edvard Grieg: straightforward classical-jazz sound; all elegant curves
8. 1:34 – high-speed sax buzz over zippy bass; trombone joins the party
9. 4:13 – George Perle: uptempo hopping, lots of perky energy all around
10. 3:05 – slow, moody bass/trombone dialogue; sax drifts in
11. 4:36 – Carl Nielsen: gentle breeze with a firm, serious undertone
12. 1:46 – bright phrases bounce off each other, like a juggling act
13. 5:56 – Per Nørgård: bright and propulsive with hot, jamming solos
14. 1:19 – squealing horn interplay over steady bass, dies out
[ Fo ] 02/21/10
Jazzheads, 2009
POSTMODERN JAZZ – This innovative group representing New York, Norway and Denmark (hence the name) takes on the task of reinterpreting modern classical works from each country in a jazz context, and then attempting to fuse the compositional styles of each selected composer with their own improvisational sensibilities. The results aren’t nearly as academic than that description indicates: this is exciting, modern music that has been thoroughly chewed and digested.
Ole Mathisen - saxophones, clarinet
Chris Washburne - trombone
Soren Moller - piano
Per Mathisen - bass
Tony Moreno - drums
* * * * | All good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 13
1. 2:48 – Charles Ives: oblique stride; trombone & sax slide energetically
2. 3:36 – Ives: difficult, slippery terrain, no firm footing; sounds group improv
3. 3:06 – Ives: slow, thick atmosphere, moves with a steady, dreamlike tread
4. 0:34 – buzzing improvisational interlude
5. 7:28 – Arne Nordheim: suspenseful start, strong, jazz grooves, slow ending
6. 2:02 – very slow and open: horns call to each other across an icy distance
7. 4:33 – Edvard Grieg: straightforward classical-jazz sound; all elegant curves
8. 1:34 – high-speed sax buzz over zippy bass; trombone joins the party
9. 4:13 – George Perle: uptempo hopping, lots of perky energy all around
10. 3:05 – slow, moody bass/trombone dialogue; sax drifts in
11. 4:36 – Carl Nielsen: gentle breeze with a firm, serious undertone
12. 1:46 – bright phrases bounce off each other, like a juggling act
13. 5:56 – Per Nørgård: bright and propulsive with hot, jamming solos
14. 1:19 – squealing horn interplay over steady bass, dies out
[ Fo ] 02/21/10
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