Cutro, Vinnie & New York City Soundscape / Sakura
| Album: | Sakura | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Cutro, Vinnie & New York City Soundscape | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Royal Music Ensembles | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-02-08 | Pull Date: | 2009-04-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 29 | Mar 15 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 29, 2021: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Jun 8, 2012)
Blues For Roy |
4. | Jun 08, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Blues For Roy |
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| 2. | Aug 03, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
What Is This Thing? |
5. | Jun 24, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
What Is This Thing? |
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| 3. | Oct 06, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum
Blues For Roy |
6. | Jan 08, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
What Is This Thing? |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-02-08
Reviewed 2009-02-08
VINNIE CUTRO / NYC SOUNDSCAPE: Sakura
Royal Music, 2008
MODERN JAZZ – Acid-toned trumpeter Cutro and friends brew up a heady post-bop mixture here. The five original tunes have great presence and demand attention, while the treatments of standards are fresh and incisive. This is a bold mainstream disc, and it's a winner.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 7
1. 6:43 – dramatic intro, then churning groove; trumpet burns, good trombone
2. 7:19 – strolls with a heavy tread: sax chatters, trumpet arcs high
3. 7:07 – uptempo bop propulsion over standard chords, solos slice smoothly
4. 9:08 – bluesy standard: trumpet tosses & spins the melody… very cool
5. 8:02 – streetwise hard strut, 1970s feel: sax/trumpet clamber up a steep hill
6. 5:23 – classic tune, quick and funky but with a sarcastic/cynical edge
7. 8:36 – headlong groove: fine piano, agile sax, busy trumpet, happy drums
8. 8:58 – fresh approach to “Round Midnight”… it’s late, but nobody’s asleep
9. 5:31 – wide stride with a funky touch, horns pass it around
10. 7:03 – serious (but not somber) sound, tick-tock rhythm
[ Fo ] 02/08/09
Royal Music, 2008
MODERN JAZZ – Acid-toned trumpeter Cutro and friends brew up a heady post-bop mixture here. The five original tunes have great presence and demand attention, while the treatments of standards are fresh and incisive. This is a bold mainstream disc, and it's a winner.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 7
1. 6:43 – dramatic intro, then churning groove; trumpet burns, good trombone
2. 7:19 – strolls with a heavy tread: sax chatters, trumpet arcs high
3. 7:07 – uptempo bop propulsion over standard chords, solos slice smoothly
4. 9:08 – bluesy standard: trumpet tosses & spins the melody… very cool
5. 8:02 – streetwise hard strut, 1970s feel: sax/trumpet clamber up a steep hill
6. 5:23 – classic tune, quick and funky but with a sarcastic/cynical edge
7. 8:36 – headlong groove: fine piano, agile sax, busy trumpet, happy drums
8. 8:58 – fresh approach to “Round Midnight”… it’s late, but nobody’s asleep
9. 5:31 – wide stride with a funky touch, horns pass it around
10. 7:03 – serious (but not somber) sound, tick-tock rhythm
[ Fo ] 02/08/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Sakura | 6. | Freedom Jazz Dance | |||
| 2. | Three For Me | 7. | Blues For Roy | |||
| 3. | What Is This Thing? | 8. | Round Midnight | |||
| 4. | Willow Weep For Me | 9. | Big Chief | |||
| 5. | Tell Tale | 10. | Time Will Tell |