| Lovano, Joe / Us Five / Bird Songs |
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| Album: | Bird Songs | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Lovano, Joe / Us Five | Added: | Jan 2011 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-01-23 | Pull Date: | 2011-03-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 13 | Mar 6 | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 23, 2013: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour Moose The Mooche, Moose The Mooche | 4. | Feb 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Dewey Square | |
| 2. | Mar 11, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Moose The Mooche | 5. | Feb 22, 2011: | Rebop Dewey Square | |
| 3. | Mar 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Dewey Square | 6. | Feb 18, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Ko Ko |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-01-23 | ||
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JOE LOVANO US FIVE: Bird Songs Blue Note, 2011 MODERN BOP – Tributes to Charlie “Bird” Parker may be old hat, but the approach taken by modern sax giant Lovano and his fabulous two-drummer Us Five quintet really opens up the familiar tunes into brand new but still comfortable territory, spinning out from snippets of the original melodies or harmonies with grace, balance and humor. Joe Lovano : saxophones James Weidman : piano Esperanza Spalding : bass Otis Brown III, Francisco Mela : drums All really good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10 1. 5:26 – jaunty, spiraling theme drops into flowing sax solos, slow & fast 2. 4:30 – sweet balladry: sax sings over billowing drums, elegant piano/bass 3. 6:19 – upbeat: sunny tune with Caribbean feel, warm rhythm, joyous piano 4. 6:35 – sleazy vamp blues: sax twists & turns, some swinging interludes 5. 9:03 – standard ballad: great tone from “G mezzo soprano” sax; fine solos 6. 1:47 – strange interlude with aulochrome (double-sax) & bashing drums 7. 6:20 – sax drifts into complex drum thickets; twisty melody peeks through 8. 1:52 – 3 tunes merged beautifully: strolling sax/piano/bass trio 9. 2:49 – sax/piano/bass trade off over rolling drums, melody emerges later 10. 8:25 – cool drum/bass feature; slips in & out of a breezy Brazilian wiggle 11. 11:57 – casual grace: unfolds gradually, riding a dusky swing; good solos [ Fo ] 01/23/11 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Passport | 6. | Birdyard | |||
| 2. | Donna Lee | 7. | Ko Ko | |||
| 3. | Barbados | 8. | Blues Collage | |||
| 4. | Moose The Mooche | 9. | Dexterity | |||
| 5. | Lover Man | 10. | Dewey Square | |||
| 11. | Yardbird Suite | |||||