Avishai, Yonathan / Joys And Solitude
| Album: | Joys And Solitude | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Avishai, Yonathan | Added: | Feb 2019 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-03-19 | Pull Date: | 2019-05-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 12 | Apr 21 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 24 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 29, 2023: | Music Casserole
Joy |
4. | Apr 03, 2019: | Goggles Optional
Tango |
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| 2. | May 10, 2019: | Old Fart at play
Lya |
5. | Mar 26, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Les Pianos De Brazzaville |
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| 3. | Apr 20, 2019: | Music Casserole
Joy |
6. | Mar 21, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
When Things Fall Apart |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-03
Reviewed 2019-03-03
Reviewed: 2018-03-02
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Cohen’s diverse influences are filtered through his tradition-conscious piano playing, alert to old values of blues feeling and swing yet also strikingly original in its decisiveness and concision.
If You Like: Keith Jarrett, Marcin Wasilewski, Julia Hulsman
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Mood Indigo (5:45) – drum beat starts> slow jam> slow fade
*2/ Song For Ammy (7:03) – piano starts slow & hesitating> pause> midtempo piano over uptempo bass then swings uptempo> crescendo> pause> slow jam> fade
*3/ Tango (7:37) – piano starts slow> midtempo jam> slows to a slow solo, then builds to a slightly swinging midtempo jam & slows again> crescendo end
*4/ Joy (5:43) – piano starts slow & builds to midtempo jam with fluttering runs> drum solo> midtempo jam> fade
5/ Shir Boker (5:46) – piano starts slow & meditative> fade
*6/ Lya (4:29) – piano starts> uptempo bouncy jam> melody shift to uptempo jam with heavy notes> quick stop
7/ When Things Fall Apart (12:17) – piano starts slow & hesitating> slow & hesitating haunting jam slowly builds in volume & intensity, then swings uptempo & hesitating> slows to slow & hesitating> slow fade
8/ Les Pianos de Brazzaville (6:30) – piano starts loud & hard> uptempo jam like circus music switches to slow jam, then builds to midtempo> quick stop on 3 notes
Yonathan Avishai Piano
Yoni Zelnik Double Bass
Donald Kontomanou Drums
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Cohen’s diverse influences are filtered through his tradition-conscious piano playing, alert to old values of blues feeling and swing yet also strikingly original in its decisiveness and concision.
If You Like: Keith Jarrett, Marcin Wasilewski, Julia Hulsman
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Mood Indigo (5:45) – drum beat starts> slow jam> slow fade
*2/ Song For Ammy (7:03) – piano starts slow & hesitating> pause> midtempo piano over uptempo bass then swings uptempo> crescendo> pause> slow jam> fade
*3/ Tango (7:37) – piano starts slow> midtempo jam> slows to a slow solo, then builds to a slightly swinging midtempo jam & slows again> crescendo end
*4/ Joy (5:43) – piano starts slow & builds to midtempo jam with fluttering runs> drum solo> midtempo jam> fade
5/ Shir Boker (5:46) – piano starts slow & meditative> fade
*6/ Lya (4:29) – piano starts> uptempo bouncy jam> melody shift to uptempo jam with heavy notes> quick stop
7/ When Things Fall Apart (12:17) – piano starts slow & hesitating> slow & hesitating haunting jam slowly builds in volume & intensity, then swings uptempo & hesitating> slows to slow & hesitating> slow fade
8/ Les Pianos de Brazzaville (6:30) – piano starts loud & hard> uptempo jam like circus music switches to slow jam, then builds to midtempo> quick stop on 3 notes
Yonathan Avishai Piano
Yoni Zelnik Double Bass
Donald Kontomanou Drums
Track Listing
| 1. | Mood Indigo | 5. | Shir Boker | |||
| 2. | Song For Anny | 6. | Lya | |||
| 3. | Tango | 7. | When Things Fall Apart | |||
| 4. | Joy | 8. | Les Pianos De Brazzaville |