Carney, James Group / Ways & Means
Album: Ways & Means   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Carney, James Group   Added:Jan 2010
Label:Songlines Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-01-23 Pull Date: 2011-03-27 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 27 Mar 13 Mar 6 Feb 27 Feb 6
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 26, 2011: Music Casserole
Legal Action
4. Mar 01, 2011: Rebop
Legal Action
2. Mar 22, 2011: Rebop
Fallout
5. Feb 26, 2011: Music Casserole
Legal Action
3. Mar 08, 2011: Rebop
Squatters
6. Feb 01, 2011: Rebop
Onondaga

Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2011-01-22
Creative modern jazz with a four-horn band and a variety of keyboards, for a richly changing sound. They've got a bent for playing nice at one moment, then going a little bit avant-garde the next.

1- Post-bop based on an unusual, warbly chain of chords. Midtempo, a bit swingy after a gradual intro.
2- Mid/fast, with complicated, fluttering lines. Brisk soloing. Slow swinging ending that's heavy on the jazz. Recommended.
3- Creeping, avant-garde.
4- A slow one that blossoms from low, sad tones to a very pretty song with a soaring sax solo
5- Slow, lingering, formless
6- Bubbly upbeat post-bop. Randomly proggy intro; wacky synthy stuff in the solos.
7- Slow, pretty. Serious (stringy synth intro).
8- Tumbling midtempo chaos. Kind of relaxing, even
9- Soft, warm. Cooking piano solo kicks up the mood.

Track Listing
1. Nafarious Notions   5. The Business End
2. Squatters   6. Legal Action
3. Champion Of Honesty   7. Fallout
4. Onondaga   8. Pow Wow
  9. Gargoyles