Microscopic Septet, The / Lobster Leaps In
| Album: | Lobster Leaps In | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Microscopic Septet, The | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-03-08 | Pull Date: | 2009-05-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 10 | May 3 | Apr 26 | Apr 19 | Apr 12 | Mar 29 | Mar 15 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 14, 2015: | Jump, Jive, & Jazz
Lt. Cassawary |
4. | May 08, 2009: | Memory Select
Lies |
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| 2. | Jul 15, 2014: | Heptagonal Banana
Money Money Money |
5. | May 08, 2009: | The Rent Party
Night Train Express |
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| 3. | Jul 03, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Got Lucky |
6. | Apr 28, 2009: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Got Lucky |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-03-08
Reviewed 2009-03-08
THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET: Lobster Leaps In
Cuneiform, 2008
ODDBALL JAZZ – Still delightfully irreverent 15+ years after disbanding, the briefly reunited Micros offer up fun neo-retro music drawing from the whole spectrum of jazz, played with humor and an accessible swing. Group conceptually with Steven Bernstein or even perhaps Mostly Other People Do The Killing (but without the freaky edge).
* * * * * | No duds. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
1. 4:21 – happy-go-lucky swing, Ellingtonia with an oblique twist
2. 8:03 – odd Calypso: starts happy, grows increasingly ominous, ends happy
3. 4:09 – bouncy swing, a gleeful and catchy stomp
4. 6:05 – catchy tango riff spun round & turned on its head, becomes a party
5. 8:35 – plodding melancholy leads into a cool boppin’ stroll
6. 6:55 – tuff swaggering strut, sax solos get down, great drums (circus break!)
7. 4:01 – Fast ‘n’ goofy, freewheeling fun with some Monkish harmonics
8. 9:18 – starts relatively “out,” somehow becomes a 1950’s pop sway
9. 6:11 – uptempo, spinning groove, some disorienting moments. Way cool.
10. 5:40 – mixes up modern jazz, N’awlins second-line, 1950s R&B, swing
11. 9:53 – sneaky start, gently drifts thru free jazz & upbeat bop sections
[ Fo ] 03/08/09
Cuneiform, 2008
ODDBALL JAZZ – Still delightfully irreverent 15+ years after disbanding, the briefly reunited Micros offer up fun neo-retro music drawing from the whole spectrum of jazz, played with humor and an accessible swing. Group conceptually with Steven Bernstein or even perhaps Mostly Other People Do The Killing (but without the freaky edge).
* * * * * | No duds. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
1. 4:21 – happy-go-lucky swing, Ellingtonia with an oblique twist
2. 8:03 – odd Calypso: starts happy, grows increasingly ominous, ends happy
3. 4:09 – bouncy swing, a gleeful and catchy stomp
4. 6:05 – catchy tango riff spun round & turned on its head, becomes a party
5. 8:35 – plodding melancholy leads into a cool boppin’ stroll
6. 6:55 – tuff swaggering strut, sax solos get down, great drums (circus break!)
7. 4:01 – Fast ‘n’ goofy, freewheeling fun with some Monkish harmonics
8. 9:18 – starts relatively “out,” somehow becomes a 1950’s pop sway
9. 6:11 – uptempo, spinning groove, some disorienting moments. Way cool.
10. 5:40 – mixes up modern jazz, N’awlins second-line, 1950s R&B, swing
11. 9:53 – sneaky start, gently drifts thru free jazz & upbeat bop sections
[ Fo ] 03/08/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Night Train Express | 6. | Life's Other Mystery | |||
| 2. | Disconcerto For Donnie | 7. | Almost Right | |||
| 3. | Lobster Leaps In | 8. | Money Money Money | |||
| 4. | Got Lucky | 9. | Lt. Cassawary | |||
| 5. | Lies | 10. | Twilight Time Zone | |||
| 11. | The Big Squeeze | |||||