| Allison, Ben / Action-Refraction |
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| Album: | Action-Refraction | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Allison, Ben | Added: | 04/2011 | |
| Label: | Palmetto Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-04-10 | Pull Date: | 2011-06-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 12 Jun | 29 May | 22 May | 8 May | 1 May | 24 Apr | 17 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 07, 2011: | Futurebeat Radio Some Day We'll All Be Free | 4. | May 20, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum We've Only Just Begun | |
| 2. | May 28, 2011: | Music Casserole Some Day We'll All Be Free | 5. | May 17, 2011: | Rebop Jackie-Ing | |
| 3. | May 24, 2011: | broken flowers Missed | 6. | May 07, 2011: | Music Casserole We've Only Just Begun |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-04-10 | ||
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BEN ALLISON: Action-Refraction Palmetto, 2011 MODERN JAZZ – Bassist/composer Ben Allison’s stuff has always been interesting, but over the past few years he’s been finding new directions for his highly listenable, gently spiraling sound. This disc, his 10th, is mostly covers, but the sources are so diverse and his interpretations of the tunes so unique that it might as well be all-original. A really good set with an unusual electro-acoustic lineup including bass clarinet & Prophet synth(!) Ben Allison : bass Michael Blake : bass clarinet, tenor sax Steve Cardenas, Brandon Seabrook : guitars Jason Lindner : Prophet 08, piano Rudy Royston : drums Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 1. 4:51 – Monk: lumpy intro, merry-go-round melody spins & expands with tension 2. 5:13 – PJ Harvey: pained sax lead, rock guitar, disjointed rhythm; cool solos 3. 7:08 – soul ballad: quiet & calm but becomes a march with freeform guitar duo 4. 5:38 – Neil Young: slow, spare, with a bit of country heartache; sweet solos 5. 6:59 – relaxed classical song, synth lead: pretty melody into amorphous solo 6. 7:48 – 70s lite-pop deconstructed: grooves in parallel tempos, gets fast/angular 7. 5:05 – steady pulse anchors drifting guitar noise and calm, catchy melody [ Fo ] 04/10/11 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Jackie-Ing | 4. | Philadelphia | |||
| 2. | Missed | 5. | St. Ita's Vision | |||
| 3. | Some Day We'll All Be Free | 6. | We've Only Just Begun | |||
| 7. | Broken | |||||