| Commitment (Parker/Hwang/Matsuura) / Complete Recordings: 1981/1983 |
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| Album: | Complete Recordings: 1981/1983 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Commitment (Parker/Hwang/Matsuura) | Added: | Nov 2010 | |
| Label: | Nobusiness Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Nov 27 | Nov 13 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 22, 2011: | Rebop No Name | 4. | Oct 22, 2011: | Music Casserole Whole Grain | |
| 2. | Nov 11, 2011: | Faux The Web Of Forces | 5. | Oct 18, 2011: | Rebop The Web Of Forces | |
| 3. | Nov 08, 2011: | Rebop The Web Of Forces | 6. | Oct 15, 2011: | Jazzerkill Ocean |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2011-09-20 | ||
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Free jazz from the early '80s, mixing blazing free jazz with some contemplative Asian ideas. Blazing sax and slashing violin, plus bubbling bass and drums -- but on other tracks, they'll get quiet and still. Especially check out Zen Matsuura's impressive drum solos, which are quick and agile but reflect a padded quiet more than a blazing cymbal firestorm. (2,4.) Those drums are a good proxy for this band's philosophy. Jason Kao Hwang (violin) Will Connell Jr. (sax) William Parker (bass) Zen Matsuura (drums) (Footnote: Connell doesn't have the name recognition of Hwang or Parker today, but he's still in NYC and still playing the fast, hard stuff; I saw him with Lou Grassi's band in 2009.) DISC ONE (Live tracks 6-7-8 segue into each other.) 1- Peaceful. Nice intertwining flute and violin. (3:34) 2- Fast, tumbling. Quiet bass & drums interludes in the middle. (6:36) 3- A noise interlude, almost: A lingering buzzing, a drifting feel. (5:11) 4- Slow, abstract, very Asian. Coolly calm drum solo. (10:07) 5- Scribbly, bustling, yet with a sparsity to it. Spacious violin solo. (11:04) 6- Airy, midtempo. Mystical flute solo, relaxed groove. SEGUES into 7. (10:38) 7- Slow and low-key, w/flute. (6:26) 8- Loud bursts, squawking sax. Gets seriously slashing. (21:58) DISC TWO (All live; watch for applause) 1- Mystical, slow, spacious. At -15:13, jump-starts into hoppin' free jazz, a medium-intense boil. (22:34) 2- Live version of Disk 1, track 4. Swirling and abstract. Slow feel but some fast jittery moments. (16:16) 3- Upbeat, free-boppy. Out-there sax solo playing outside the chord changes; insane violin. (9:48) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mountain Song | 6. | Ocean | |||
| 2. | The Web Of Forces | 7. | The Pathway | |||
| 3. | Famine | 8. | Diary For One At Night | |||
| 4. | Grassy Hills, The Sun (#1) | 9. | Continuous | |||
| 5. | No Name | 10. | Grassy Hills, The Sun (#2) | |||
| 11. | Whole Grain | |||||