Hagans, Tim / Moon Is Waiting, The
Album: Moon Is Waiting, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Hagans, Tim   Added:Dec 2011
Label:Palmetto Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-12-18 Pull Date: 2012-02-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 19 Feb 5 Jan 29 Jan 22 Jan 15 Jan 8 Jan 1
Airplays: 1 3 1 1 3 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 17, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Wailing Trees
4. Jan 31, 2012: Rebop
Things Happen In A Convertible
2. Feb 04, 2012: Jazz Catharsis
Wailing Trees
5. Jan 24, 2012: Rebop
The Moon Is Waiting, Ornette's Waking Dream Of A Woman
3. Feb 03, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
First Jazz
6. Jan 17, 2012: Rebop
First Jazz

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-12-18
TIM HAGANS: The Moon is Waiting
Palmetto, 2011

POSTMODERN JAZZ – Trumpeter Hagans leads an energetic quartet through some interesting jazz-rock and post-bop territory. The group has a very open sound despite the careful structure of the compositions, with some of the melodies kept to a bare minimum. This band’s peaks are like a slap in the face: drummer Jukkis Uotila shreds the edges of some tracks (see #2,7), matching the leader’s bold (sometimes even pissed-off) declarations. Watch out for Vic Juris’ mercurial guitar, too.

Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8

1. 6:22 – sneaky little back-alley theme; guitar hints at rock, forceful trumpet
2. 6:13 – slouched but turbulent, trumpet breaks into a scream halfway thru
3. 8:45 – 3 parts: calm repetition, spiky trumpet/guitar in space, rock trudge
4. 6:17 – hot postbop ride: solos roll with it, trumpet & drums spur each other
5. 6:53 – warped-blues guitar into greasy oddball strut; elastic solos from all
6. 7:11 – straightforward soulful ballad, guitar leads first half, then trumpet
7. 8:58 – builds from a repeated line: trumpet stomps, guitar in outer space
8. 10:54 – heavy postbop march, good group sound, lengthy bass solo

[ Fo ] - December 2011

Track Listing
1. Ornette's Waking Dream Of A Woman   5. Boo
2. The Moon Is Waiting   6. What I'll Tell Her Tonight
3. Get Outside   7. Wailing Trees
4. First Jazz   8. Things Happen In A Convertible