Fiedler, Joe / Open Sesame
Album: Open Sesame   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Fiedler, Joe   Added:Mar 2019
Label:Multiphonics Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-04-02 Pull Date: 2019-06-04 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 26 May 5 Apr 21 Apr 14
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 25, 2019: Music Casserole
Rubber Duckie, The Batty Bat, People In Your Neighborhood
4. Apr 16, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topic
Put Down The Duckie
2. May 04, 2019: Music Casserole
Sesame Street Theme
5. Apr 09, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Magic Pig
3. Apr 18, 2019: The Emerging Artist Network
Jazz #10

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-03-28
Reviewed: 2018-03-28
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Trombonist Fiedler has been the music director and arranger for the iconic children’s TV show Sesame Street for the last decade. Fiedler’s worlds collide on his new album, on which he delivers irreverent jazz interpretations of some of the show’s most beloved songs with a top-notch ensemble.
If You Like: JJ Johnson, Steve Turre, Don Cherry, Wayne Shorter
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Somebody Come And Play (4:58) – bass starts> midtempo jam> sax solo>midtempo jam> quick stop
*2/ Sesame Street Theme (6:08) – bass/drums start> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
**3/ Doin’ The Pigeon (4:32) – horns start> slow jam morphs 4/ into funky slow jam with New Orleans vibe> slow build to midtempo jam> quick fade
*4/ Rubber Duckie (3:38) – horns start> uptempo jam slows then jumps back up> trombone solo> sax solo> uptempo jam slows then jumps back up> quick stop
5/ Sing (4:59) – sax starts> slow jam> soaring sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
6/ Has Anybody Seen My Dog (5:24) – bass/drums start> midtempo jam> squawking sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
**7/ Pinball Number Count (2;53) – trombone starts> uptempo funky jam> sax solo> slide trumpet solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
8/ Pigs Love Song (I Love Being A Pig) (1:57) – bass starts> heavy horns on slow jam> slow fade
9/ Pig Interlude (1:39) – trumpet starts> slow jam> slow fade
**10/Magic Pig (2:34) – trombone starts> uptempo jam> trumpet solo interspersed with drum fills>
11/ Pig Interlude 2 (0:39) – trumpet starts> quick midtempo jam> fade
*12/ Being a Pig (6:48) – drums start> uptempo jam slows briefly then swings back up> trombone solo slows to midtempo> muted trumpet solo builds to a wild solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
13/ Jazz #10 (3:22) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> trumpet solo> quick stop
**14/ The Batty Bat (5:34) – sax starts> slow snaky jam> melody shift on bass> midtempo jam swings uptempo> trumpet solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade
*15/ People In Your Neighborhood (4:42) – electric bass starts> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> wailing sax solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
16/ Put Down The Duckie (5:12) – bass starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo soars> midtempo jam> quick stop
17/ Jazz Alphabet (1:30) – drums start> uptempo jam with spoken word over the top> quick stop


Track Listing
1. Somebody Come And Play   9. Pig Interlude
2. Sesame Street Theme   10. Magic Pig
3. Doin' The Pidgeon   11. Pig Interlude (2)
4. Rubber Duckie   12. Bein' A Pig
5. Sing   13. Jazz #10
6. Has Anybody Seen My Dog   14. The Batty Bat
7. Pinball Number Count   15. People In Your Neighborhood
8. Pigs Love Song (I Love Being A Pig)   16. Put Down The Duckie
  17. Jazz Alphabet