Three-Part Odyssey
Jazz
| Mar 2011
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2011-03-20
Reviewed 2011-03-20
RICH PELLEGRIN QUINTET: Three-Part Odyssey
OA2, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – This Seattle band has a lot going for it: a strong blend of groove and boldness, distinctive voices and solid interplay. Their music is engaging, intellectual and forward-thinking, but one thing tempers my enthusiasm: there’s a rattling noise (I presume from a sizzle cymbal?) that intrudes on every track and is distracting as all hell. If that doesn’t bother you then by all means play it; there’s some very cool, unique stuff here.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, maybe 8
1. 12:06 – muscular postbop groove, ceaseless bass riff: probing piano solo dissolves into a scribble; sneaky sax grows tense, drums roll & scatter
2. 6:27 – calm, reflective, rather angular; rises up (rattle is really distracting here)
3. 8:45 – dour groove: trumpet teases as rhythm dodges; bass & drums get busy
4. 12:13 – bending bass intro, exotic theme with cool ensemble and some Eastern touches; piano dives in, sax gets brittle, trumpet stands firm
5. 8:33 – heavy! skritchy bowed bass improv and somber but rising piano cycles
6. 6:58 – intense Steve Reich minimalist spiral: band orbits fast piano patterns
7. 8:22 – shadowy tune with loping rhythm: strong trumpet reaches out, meets sax
8. 9:33 – brooding tune, accelerates as piano builds steam, exotic sax blows it off
[ Fo ] 03/19/11
OA2, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – This Seattle band has a lot going for it: a strong blend of groove and boldness, distinctive voices and solid interplay. Their music is engaging, intellectual and forward-thinking, but one thing tempers my enthusiasm: there’s a rattling noise (I presume from a sizzle cymbal?) that intrudes on every track and is distracting as all hell. If that doesn’t bother you then by all means play it; there’s some very cool, unique stuff here.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, maybe 8
1. 12:06 – muscular postbop groove, ceaseless bass riff: probing piano solo dissolves into a scribble; sneaky sax grows tense, drums roll & scatter
2. 6:27 – calm, reflective, rather angular; rises up (rattle is really distracting here)
3. 8:45 – dour groove: trumpet teases as rhythm dodges; bass & drums get busy
4. 12:13 – bending bass intro, exotic theme with cool ensemble and some Eastern touches; piano dives in, sax gets brittle, trumpet stands firm
5. 8:33 – heavy! skritchy bowed bass improv and somber but rising piano cycles
6. 6:58 – intense Steve Reich minimalist spiral: band orbits fast piano patterns
7. 8:22 – shadowy tune with loping rhythm: strong trumpet reaches out, meets sax
8. 9:33 – brooding tune, accelerates as piano builds steam, exotic sax blows it off
[ Fo ] 03/19/11
Recent airplay
Obtusity
Moonlight Impressions — Jan 22, 2016
Pastiche
Child's Play — May 17, 2011
Marruecos
Rebop — May 10, 2011
Marruecos
Child's Play — May 10, 2011
Obtusity
Rebop — Apr 26, 2011
Nothing Comes To Mind
No Cover, No Minimum — Apr 22, 2011
Charting
2011-03-20 — 2011-05-22
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 22 | 1 |
| May 15 | 2 |
| May 1 | 1 |
| Apr 24 | 2 |
| Apr 17 | 1 |
| Apr 3 | 1 |
| Mar 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Nothing Comes To Mind | ||
| 2. | Distant, Distorted You | ||
| 3. | Obtusity | ||
| 4. | Breathe | ||
| 5. | Pastiche | ||
| 6. | Piano Phase | ||
| 7. | Marruecos | ||
| 8. | Maze |