Wooley / Looney / Smith / Walter / Scowl
| Album: | Scowl | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Wooley / Looney / Smith / Walter | Added: | Sep 2011 | |
| Label: | Ugexplode Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-09-04 | Pull Date: | 2011-11-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 01, 2011: | Rebop
Carps Daemon |
4. | Oct 11, 2011: | Spackle
Carps Daemon |
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| 2. | Oct 28, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Carps Daemon |
5. | Sep 28, 2011: | Memory Select
Scan Meltdown |
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| 3. | Oct 22, 2011: | Music Casserole
Anglewise Blind |
6. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select
Tomb Trisects |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-09-04
Reviewed 2011-09-04
WOOLEY/LOONEY/SMITH/WALTER: Scowl
ugEXPLODE, 2011
FREE IMPROV – Recorded back in 2008, this compact session joins New York and Bay Area (or ex-Bay Area, now) musicians in some brisk, high-level abstract improvisation. Nate Wooley’s trumpet gives it a sense of direction, while Damon Smith’s bass and Weasel Walter’s restless percussion provide bottomless reserves of spontaneous energy. And Scott R Looney is just great on “hyperpiano,” weaving through it all and wrapping it up in tight knots. Solid work all around.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5
1. 12:39 – alternately spacious and dense, rushing forward or pulling way back with tight interplay: very squeaky in the middle, then scurries quietly
2. 7:47 – brisk, tense pacing with some striking duo breaks at the midpoint
3. 9:04 – thick, buzzing aggression; just a few detours into wide-open spaces
4. 10:15 – quieter rumbling, agitated but moody: expands into creepy space, condenses into long section of curving scribbles, ends in a murmur
5. 13:30 – starts quiet, slow: piano strings & bass squeaks; muttering trumpet stretched paper-thin, second half turns hyperactive, driven by the drums, gets extra-crunchy near the end, but falls to silence
[ Fo ] - August 2011
ugEXPLODE, 2011
FREE IMPROV – Recorded back in 2008, this compact session joins New York and Bay Area (or ex-Bay Area, now) musicians in some brisk, high-level abstract improvisation. Nate Wooley’s trumpet gives it a sense of direction, while Damon Smith’s bass and Weasel Walter’s restless percussion provide bottomless reserves of spontaneous energy. And Scott R Looney is just great on “hyperpiano,” weaving through it all and wrapping it up in tight knots. Solid work all around.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5
1. 12:39 – alternately spacious and dense, rushing forward or pulling way back with tight interplay: very squeaky in the middle, then scurries quietly
2. 7:47 – brisk, tense pacing with some striking duo breaks at the midpoint
3. 9:04 – thick, buzzing aggression; just a few detours into wide-open spaces
4. 10:15 – quieter rumbling, agitated but moody: expands into creepy space, condenses into long section of curving scribbles, ends in a murmur
5. 13:30 – starts quiet, slow: piano strings & bass squeaks; muttering trumpet stretched paper-thin, second half turns hyperactive, driven by the drums, gets extra-crunchy near the end, but falls to silence
[ Fo ] - August 2011
Track Listing
| 1. | Anglewise Blind | 3. | Tomb Trisects | |||
| 2. | Carps Daemon | 4. | Scan Meltdown | |||
| 5. | Canard Poems | |||||