Bernstein, Marc & Good People / Hymn For Life
Album: Hymn For Life   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Bernstein, Marc & Good People   Added:May 2013
Label:Origin Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-10-17 Pull Date: 2013-12-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Dec 15 Dec 8 Dec 1 Nov 17 Nov 10 Nov 3 Oct 27
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 19, 2015: Clean Copper Radio
An Angel On The Corner
4. Nov 30, 2013: Music Casserole
Good Ol' Time
2. Dec 12, 2013: Rebop
Wand'ring
5. Nov 27, 2013: 11-27-2013
Ms. Oaks I Presume
3. Dec 05, 2013: Rebop
Kirk & Pepper
6. Nov 14, 2013: Rebop
Good Ol' Time

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2013-10-13
MAINSTREAM JAZZ, SMALL ENSEMBLE WITH VOCALS
Composer / leader Marc Bernstein plays bass clarinet, soprano & alto sax. His group comprises piano, bass, drums. Danish vocalist Sinne Eeg has a rich & varied alto voice.

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1 Mid-tempo. Intriguing music: Bernstein’s bass clarinet & Eeg’s bassoon-like tone work nicely together. Preposterous lyrics ruin it. (6:43)
2 * Mid-fast with a lot of drive & passion. Bernstein plays in a high register with a bit of squawk. Eeg sings with a bit of Flora Purim-like exoticness. (7:28)
3 Very slow, late-night ballad. Bass clarinet & piano open; vocal is deep & warm; strong bass & piano bridge. (6:42)
4 * Slow, bluesy crawl. Eeg shines with a vampy chanteuse style. Old-time sound including some scat singing. Strong rhythm section. (7:09)
5 Very very slow. Old Michel Legrand pop song. Truly awful. (6:26)
6 ** Mid-tempo. Improv feel; modal & multi-textured. Strong sax, piano; no vocal. (7:48)
7 * Very slow. Avant-garde strangeness, bird sounds, wordless singing. Tense, eerie. (8:01)
8 Mid-tempo. Boppy vocal accompanied by piano & bass. (1:36)
9 Slightly slower, bluesier reprise of track #2. (6:33)

Track Listing
1. Wand'ring   5. The Windmills Of Your Mind
2. Ms. Oaks I Presume   6. Kirk & Pepper
3. Hymn To Life   7. Neil's Birds
4. Good Ol' Time   8. An Angel On The Corner
  9. Ms. Oaks I Presume (Reprise)