Blue, T.K. / Latin Bird
| Album: | Latin Bird | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Blue, T.K. | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Motema Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-03-20 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 14, 2014: | Rebop
Chi Chi |
4. | May 30, 2011: | meow for memomorial day!
Si Si, Round Midnight |
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| 2. | Nov 05, 2013: | Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon
Steeplechase |
5. | May 20, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Visa |
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| 3. | Aug 03, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Round Midnight |
6. | May 13, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Round Midnight |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-03-19
Reviewed 2011-03-19
T.K. BLUE: Latin Bird
Motéma, 2011
LATIN/BOP – Blue, a veteran saxophonist and longtime associate of Randy Weston, offers up a tribute to Charlie Parker that takes Bird’s blues repertoire and fuses it with an array of Latin/Caribbean rhythms. Good-time mainstream jazz with a solid cast of musicians, very likeable stuff.
T.K. Blue : alto sax & flute
Theo Hill : piano
Essiet Okon Essiet : bass
Willie Martinez, Lewis Nash : drums
Roland Guerrero : percussion
Steve Turre : shells, trombone (1,2,4)
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10
1. 5:02 – perky intro, shifts to upbeat clave; solos for shells, flute, timbales
2. 4:40 – happy Cuban groove with twisty melody and swinging solos
3. 4:29 – New Orleans strut, lots of snare drum: fun rhythm interplay in the middle
4. 6:18 – nice lounging tempo, sultry atmosphere, very cool trombone solo
5. 7:58 – duo/quartet really nails this standard: an expressive, rich after-hours feel
6. 4:04 – calypso march: sax, piano, bass take turns over percussion groove
7. 4:02 – snappy cool-cat slide through a slinky tune, some unexpected harmonies
8. 4:43 – sweet intro, then a lazy blues crawl… nice
9. 4:48 – bouncy samba, shifts to a lilting waltz during the solos, returns to samba
10. 2:38 – solo saxophone: free-roaming and very expressive
11. 3:39 – upbeat clave groove with brief solos all around; long, slow fade-out
[ Fo ] 03/19/11
Motéma, 2011
LATIN/BOP – Blue, a veteran saxophonist and longtime associate of Randy Weston, offers up a tribute to Charlie Parker that takes Bird’s blues repertoire and fuses it with an array of Latin/Caribbean rhythms. Good-time mainstream jazz with a solid cast of musicians, very likeable stuff.
T.K. Blue : alto sax & flute
Theo Hill : piano
Essiet Okon Essiet : bass
Willie Martinez, Lewis Nash : drums
Roland Guerrero : percussion
Steve Turre : shells, trombone (1,2,4)
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10
1. 5:02 – perky intro, shifts to upbeat clave; solos for shells, flute, timbales
2. 4:40 – happy Cuban groove with twisty melody and swinging solos
3. 4:29 – New Orleans strut, lots of snare drum: fun rhythm interplay in the middle
4. 6:18 – nice lounging tempo, sultry atmosphere, very cool trombone solo
5. 7:58 – duo/quartet really nails this standard: an expressive, rich after-hours feel
6. 4:04 – calypso march: sax, piano, bass take turns over percussion groove
7. 4:02 – snappy cool-cat slide through a slinky tune, some unexpected harmonies
8. 4:43 – sweet intro, then a lazy blues crawl… nice
9. 4:48 – bouncy samba, shifts to a lilting waltz during the solos, returns to samba
10. 2:38 – solo saxophone: free-roaming and very expressive
11. 3:39 – upbeat clave groove with brief solos all around; long, slow fade-out
[ Fo ] 03/19/11
Track Listing
| 1. | Chi Chi | 6. | Barbados | |||
| 2. | Si Si | 7. | Steeplechase | |||
| 3. | Visa | 8. | Moods Of Parker | |||
| 4. | Blue Bird | 9. | Donna Lee | |||
| 5. | Round Midnight | 10. | He Flew Away Too Soon | |||
| 11. | Buzzy | |||||