| Pinto, Alex / Inner State |
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| Album: | Inner State | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Pinto, Alex | Added: | 04/2011 | |
| Label: | Pursuance | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-04-03 | Pull Date: | 2011-06-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 29 May | 15 May | 8 May | 1 May | 24 Apr | 17 Apr | 10 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 03, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Chai Kinda Day | 4. | Feb 28, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Two Pictures Of Love | |
| 2. | Sep 19, 2014: | Rebop Chai Kinda Day | 5. | May 27, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Chai Kinda Day | |
| 3. | May 02, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Chai Kinda Day | 6. | May 13, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Outed |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-04-03 | ||
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ALEX PINTO QUARTET: Inner State Pursuance, 2011 MODERN JAZZ – Debut recording by a 25-year-old globe-trotting guitarist (now based in San Francisco). Although unquestionably a jazz musician, Pinto also has a strong interest in Hindustani music. That’s most obvious in the fusion-oriented track #2, but you can hear a touch of Indian phrasing hiding throughout his solos and peeking around the corners of his compositions. Drummer Jaz Sawyer anchors the band in this solid intro. Alex Pinto : electric guitar Jon Armstrong : tenor saxophone Dave Tranchina : bass Jaz Sawyer : drums Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 1. 7:09 – slouching tune, lots of harmonic friction: big guitar tone, solos all around 2. 9:57 – calm: raga drone and jazz balladry trade off, combine, drift back apart 3. 4:25 – nice groove built from parallel lines, close sax/guitar interplay 4. 6:32 – slow alap intro to a soft countrified ballad: sweetly expressive guitar solo 5. 5:41 – quick-paced tune with a squirrelly theme, meandering guitar & sax solos 6. 4:59 – waltzing feel: sax bounces lightly; guitar is angular, building up energy 7. 6:09 – relaxed pulse: cool guitar, acidic sax, great drums, dedicated to CalArts [ Fo ] 04/03/11 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | 1 By 4 | 4. | Two Pictures Of Love | |||
| 2. | Chai Kinda Day | 5. | Refresh | |||
| 3. | Outed | 6. | Do It Now | |||
| 7. | C.I.A. | |||||