What Is The Beautiful?
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2011-12-18
Reviewed 2011-12-18
CLAUDIA QUINTET+1: What is the Beautiful?
Cuneiform, 2011
MODERN JAZZ / SPOKEN WORD – Drummer John Hollenbeck’s forward-thinking ensemble takes on the poetry of Kenneth Patchen, adding hip vocals from Kurt Elling and the ethereal voice of Theo Bleckmann to their unique chamber-jazz mix. This is art music that can be hot or frosty, jarring or funny, but always runs deep. FCC clean.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
1. 9:11 – cool spoken intro; rolling groove, meandering solos; 2nd poem at end
2. 8:06 – dreamy… floating vocal over soft spirals, gentle solos drift lazily
3. 8:02 – instrumental: speechlike lines weave through chilly abstract spaces
4. 5:13 – the bare outlines of a hip groove, surreal but humorous spoken word
5. 5:27 – music wraps very closely around gentle sing-song vocal, flies away
6. 3:55 – instrumental: jumbled, percolating improv, all on top of each other
7. 6:58 – an excellent poem: music shadows ardent recitation, then it darkens
8. 3:56 – whispered vocal, careful feel, hushed and delicate
9. 2:09 – instrumental: rolling drum rhythm gives it a traveling sound
10. 5:00 – about a lynching: dark, slow and deliberate over pulsing bass
11. 4:53 – stark solo piano, filtered vocal is barely audible under it
12. 5:20 – strange slurred vocal, slow and surreal: a hallucinatory dream
[ Fo ] - December 2011
Cuneiform, 2011
MODERN JAZZ / SPOKEN WORD – Drummer John Hollenbeck’s forward-thinking ensemble takes on the poetry of Kenneth Patchen, adding hip vocals from Kurt Elling and the ethereal voice of Theo Bleckmann to their unique chamber-jazz mix. This is art music that can be hot or frosty, jarring or funny, but always runs deep. FCC clean.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
1. 9:11 – cool spoken intro; rolling groove, meandering solos; 2nd poem at end
2. 8:06 – dreamy… floating vocal over soft spirals, gentle solos drift lazily
3. 8:02 – instrumental: speechlike lines weave through chilly abstract spaces
4. 5:13 – the bare outlines of a hip groove, surreal but humorous spoken word
5. 5:27 – music wraps very closely around gentle sing-song vocal, flies away
6. 3:55 – instrumental: jumbled, percolating improv, all on top of each other
7. 6:58 – an excellent poem: music shadows ardent recitation, then it darkens
8. 3:56 – whispered vocal, careful feel, hushed and delicate
9. 2:09 – instrumental: rolling drum rhythm gives it a traveling sound
10. 5:00 – about a lynching: dark, slow and deliberate over pulsing bass
11. 4:53 – stark solo piano, filtered vocal is barely audible under it
12. 5:20 – strange slurred vocal, slow and surreal: a hallucinatory dream
[ Fo ] - December 2011
Recent airplay
The Snow Is Deep On The Ground
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 24, 2012
Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 17, 2012
Do Me That Love
Rebop — Feb 14, 2012
Job
Rebop — Feb 07, 2012
Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven
No Cover, No Minimum — Jan 20, 2012
The Snow Is Deep On The Ground
Rebop — Jan 17, 2012
Charting
2011-12-18 — 2012-02-19
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 19 | 2 |
| Feb 12 | 1 |
| Jan 22 | 2 |
| Jan 15 | 2 |
| Jan 8 | 3 |
| Dec 25 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven | ||
| 2. | The Snow Is Deep On The Ground | ||
| 3. | Mates For Life | ||
| 4. | Job | ||
| 5. | Do Me That Love | ||
| 6. | Flock | ||
| 7. | What Is The Beautiful? | ||
| 8. | Beautiful You Are | ||
| 9. | Peace Of Green | ||
| 10. | The Bloodhounds | ||
| 11. | Limpidity Of Silences | ||
| 12. | Opening The Window |