Gress, Drew / 7 Black Butterflies
| Album: | 7 Black Butterflies | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Gress, Drew | Added: | May 2005 | |
| Label: | Premonition Records Inc. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-05-22 | Pull Date: | 2005-07-24 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 24 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 19, 2006: | Music to Grow a Beard To
Low Slung/High Strung |
4. | Jul 01, 2005: | Memory Select
New Leaf |
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| 2. | Jul 22, 2005: | Memory Select
Bright Idea |
5. | Jun 28, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
New Leaf |
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| 3. | Jul 08, 2005: | Memory Select
Low Slung/High Strung |
6. | Jun 24, 2005: | Memory Select: Myra Melford interview
Low Slung/High Strung |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-05-25
Reviewed 2005-05-25
Complex acoustic bop. A mostly mainstream take from Gress, a studio bassist for both normal and avant-garde jazz types. The latter camp is well represented here (Tim Berne on sax!), and this outing shows they can play the "normal" stuff quite well, too.
Accessible pieces with themes a bit too complex to whistle afterwards. Really cool.
For something similar, but much more mellow, check out Nels Cline's "Angelica" CD, which shows his softer "jazz" side (and also features Berne on sax).
1- Starts quiet and slow; gets into a rollicking, very '60s sounding jam with forceful piano chording.
2- Upbeat, mid/fast. Breezy and bright.
3- Slower but not relaxed. Intense sax solo.
4- Mellow relaxed bop. Slowish, with a stormy climax
5- 1-minute bass solo
6- Mid/fast and tangly. Has a nice swing in parts.
7- Mellow, soft
8- Lurching mid/fast, gets chaotic. Cool piano solo.
9- Slow and lush
Accessible pieces with themes a bit too complex to whistle afterwards. Really cool.
For something similar, but much more mellow, check out Nels Cline's "Angelica" CD, which shows his softer "jazz" side (and also features Berne on sax).
1- Starts quiet and slow; gets into a rollicking, very '60s sounding jam with forceful piano chording.
2- Upbeat, mid/fast. Breezy and bright.
3- Slower but not relaxed. Intense sax solo.
4- Mellow relaxed bop. Slowish, with a stormy climax
5- 1-minute bass solo
6- Mid/fast and tangly. Has a nice swing in parts.
7- Mellow, soft
8- Lurching mid/fast, gets chaotic. Cool piano solo.
9- Slow and lush
Track Listing
| 1. | Rhinoceros | 5. | Bas Relief | |||
| 2. | Bright Idea | 6. | Blue on One Side | |||
| 3. | New Leaf | 7. | Wing and Prayer | |||
| 4. | Zaftig | 8. | Low Slung/High Strung | |||
| 9. | Like It Never Was | |||||