Ellis, John & Double-Wide / Puppet Mischief
| Album: | Puppet Mischief | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ellis, John & Double-Wide | Added: | Mar 2010 | |
| Label: | Obliqsound | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-03-28 | Pull Date: | 2010-05-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 | Apr 11 | Apr 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 11, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Héroes De Acción |
4. | Apr 04, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Héroes De Acción |
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| 2. | Dec 29, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum
Héroes De Acción |
5. | Aug 24, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Héroes De Acción |
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| 3. | Jun 07, 2013: | No Cover, No minimum
Héroes De Acción |
6. | Mar 16, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Héroes De Acción |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-03-28
Reviewed 2010-03-28
JOHN ELLIS & DOUBLE-WIDE: Puppet Mischief
ObliqSound, 2010
MODERN JAZZ – Ellis’s quartet (expanded to sextet on several tracks) blends New Orleans-style grooves with oblique modern jazz for something less predictable and more subtle than it first appears: happy riffs suddenly change into strange carnival bounces or moody introspection, then snap back like rubber bands. Good-natured and fun.
* * * * | All tracks pretty nifty… Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
1. 8:01 – good-time midtempo slide; calm harmonica reverie in the middle
2. 6:28 – happy cartoonish stomp with strolling solo breaks
3. 7:37 – melody steps cautiously through shadows & kitschy suspense
4. 7:39 – lightly propulsive: flying sax, agitated harmonica, skidding drums
5. 7:44 – mysterious carnival: tiptoes and spins lazily, wah-wah trombone
6. 5:46 – the carnival begins! upbeat and bouncy; lots of activity here
7. 1:37 – slow, brooding interlude
8. 8:48 – perky, handclap-driven theme leads to exotic intrigue, eloquent solos
9. 7:43 – relaxed, gospel-tinged sway; soulful harmonica & sax solos
[ Fo ] 03/28/10
ObliqSound, 2010
MODERN JAZZ – Ellis’s quartet (expanded to sextet on several tracks) blends New Orleans-style grooves with oblique modern jazz for something less predictable and more subtle than it first appears: happy riffs suddenly change into strange carnival bounces or moody introspection, then snap back like rubber bands. Good-natured and fun.
* * * * | All tracks pretty nifty… Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
1. 8:01 – good-time midtempo slide; calm harmonica reverie in the middle
2. 6:28 – happy cartoonish stomp with strolling solo breaks
3. 7:37 – melody steps cautiously through shadows & kitschy suspense
4. 7:39 – lightly propulsive: flying sax, agitated harmonica, skidding drums
5. 7:44 – mysterious carnival: tiptoes and spins lazily, wah-wah trombone
6. 5:46 – the carnival begins! upbeat and bouncy; lots of activity here
7. 1:37 – slow, brooding interlude
8. 8:48 – perky, handclap-driven theme leads to exotic intrigue, eloquent solos
9. 7:43 – relaxed, gospel-tinged sway; soulful harmonica & sax solos
[ Fo ] 03/28/10
Track Listing
| 1. | Okra & Tomatoes | 5. | Carousel | |||
| 2. | Fauxfessor | 6. | Dublinland Carnival | |||
| 3. | Dewey Dah | 7. | Chorale | |||
| 4. | Puppet Mischief | 8. | Héroes De Acción | |||
| 9. | This Too Shall Pass | |||||