Marcus, Mitch Quintet / Countdown 2 Meltdown
Album: Countdown 2 Meltdown   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Marcus, Mitch Quintet   Added:Feb 2010
Label:Porto Franco Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-03-21 Pull Date: 2010-05-23 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 23 May 2 Apr 25 Apr 18 Apr 4 Mar 28
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 11, 2018: No Cover, No Minimum
Countdown 2 Meltdown
4. Jan 06, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Ron And The Machete
2. Feb 13, 2013: Sunshine . . .in the Afternoon
(5:30 p.m.) Ron And The Machete
5. Jan 29, 2011: Music Casserole
Jimmy's Delight
3. Apr 06, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Wonton
6. May 22, 2010: Music Casserole
Coffeee And Cones

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-03-21
MITCH MARCUS QUINTET: Countdown 2 Meltdown
Porto Franco, 2010

MODERN JAZZ – He’s moved back to New York, but saxophonist Mitch Marcus left the Bay Area a fine parting gift: his quintet’s third CD has a good blend of glide and gristle, with fiery solos and touches of humor to boot. Compositional duties are spread around the band, but there’s unity in approach and a tight ensemble sound.

* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8

1. 8:15 – lumpy theme, churns with noirish air, vocal refrain, hot twisting solos
2. 7:14 – Arabic flavor, tricky rhythmic shifts: sax soars within the low groove
3. 6:48 – uptempo: insistent drums won’t let go, some Coltrane references
4. 6:45 – heavy ballad; free improv middle section. Yes, it’s about baseball
5. 6:57 – ominous theme in weird meter, but the solos really groove and burn
6. 5:54 – new version of tune from their first CD: rocks smoothly, chatty solos
7. 4:54 – high-speed goofy percolation: saxes & guitar ride the roller coaster
8. 8:03 – Ethiopian jazz influence: grooves at two speeds, adventurous solos
9. 8:52 – quick & boppish: oblique scat vocals, careening sax, long drum solo
10. 3:35 – cool surf-rock sound: guitar rides the barrel, drums pound the beat

[ Fo ] 03/21/10

Track Listing
1. Coffeee And Cones   6. S.S. Clagett
2. Ron And The Machete   7. Tron Mccain
3. Countdown 2 Meltdown   8. Wonton
4. A's Lament   9. H.H.
5. Jimmy's Delight   10. The Albatross