Claudia Quintet + 1 Feat. Kurt Elling & Theo Bleckmann / What Is The Beautiful?
| Album: | What Is The Beautiful? | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Claudia Quintet + 1 Feat. Kurt Elling & Theo Bleckmann | Added: | Dec 2011 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-12-18 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-19 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 19 | Feb 12 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 | Jan 8 | Dec 25 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 24, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
The Snow Is Deep On The Ground |
4. | Feb 07, 2012: | Rebop
Job |
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| 2. | Feb 17, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven |
5. | Jan 20, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven |
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| 3. | Feb 14, 2012: | Rebop
Do Me That Love |
6. | Jan 17, 2012: | Rebop
The Snow Is Deep On The Ground |
Album Review
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
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