Hébert, John / Byzantine Monkey
| Album: | Byzantine Monkey | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hébert, John | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Firehouse 12 | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-07-26 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Aug 30 | Aug 9 | Aug 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 01, 2010: | Memory Select
Ciao Monkey |
4. | Sep 11, 2009: | Memory Select - w/The Bad Plus
La Reine De La Salle |
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| 2. | Sep 20, 2009: | Transmission Overload
La Reine De La Salle |
5. | Aug 28, 2009: | Memory Select - Joe Maneri Edition
Blind Pig |
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| 3. | Sep 18, 2009: | Total Pops Madness
Fez 2 |
6. | Aug 23, 2009: | Transmission Overload
Fez |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-07-26
Reviewed 2009-07-26
JOHN HÉBERT: Byzantine Monkey
Firehouse 12, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Bassist Hébert, a prolific sideman on the creative music scene, now steps out with his own sextet of heavy hitters. The band shows inspired interplay, rarely playing out but keeping a wide-open approach. Cerebral stuff, but with a few breakouts at the edges.
John Hébert - bass
Tony Malaby - tenor & soprano sax
Michaël Attias - alto & baritone sax
Nasheet Waits - drums
Satoshi Takeishi - percussion
Adam Kolker - flutes & bass clarinet
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10
1. 4:39 – bass engages a cajun field recording; then horns spin the melody out
2. 8:53 – fantastically rich drums, mysterious patterns, slinky horn interplay
3. 7:16 – slow chamber-jazz, then complex drums set up jumbled second half
4. 5:35 – a slow surrealist spiral; like an abandoned playground in the fog
5. 6:58 – first half is heavy, creaking drones; second half uptempo & sneaky
6. 6:17 – floating, unsettled melody with flute; drifts gently but unpredictably
7. 8:52 – Turkish inspiration: exotic drums, falls into an odd-meter groove
8. 4:40 – for Andrew Hill: gentle, moody ballad with lots of bass space
9. 1:43 – brief reprise of #7, just drums & bass
10. 5:22 – avant ballad, slowly drifts apart in open space, becomes a drone
[ Fo ] 07/26/09
Firehouse 12, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Bassist Hébert, a prolific sideman on the creative music scene, now steps out with his own sextet of heavy hitters. The band shows inspired interplay, rarely playing out but keeping a wide-open approach. Cerebral stuff, but with a few breakouts at the edges.
John Hébert - bass
Tony Malaby - tenor & soprano sax
Michaël Attias - alto & baritone sax
Nasheet Waits - drums
Satoshi Takeishi - percussion
Adam Kolker - flutes & bass clarinet
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10
1. 4:39 – bass engages a cajun field recording; then horns spin the melody out
2. 8:53 – fantastically rich drums, mysterious patterns, slinky horn interplay
3. 7:16 – slow chamber-jazz, then complex drums set up jumbled second half
4. 5:35 – a slow surrealist spiral; like an abandoned playground in the fog
5. 6:58 – first half is heavy, creaking drones; second half uptempo & sneaky
6. 6:17 – floating, unsettled melody with flute; drifts gently but unpredictably
7. 8:52 – Turkish inspiration: exotic drums, falls into an odd-meter groove
8. 4:40 – for Andrew Hill: gentle, moody ballad with lots of bass space
9. 1:43 – brief reprise of #7, just drums & bass
10. 5:22 – avant ballad, slowly drifts apart in open space, becomes a drone
[ Fo ] 07/26/09
Track Listing
| 1. | La Reine De La Salle | 6. | Cajun Christmas | |||
| 2. | Acrid Landscape | 7. | Fez | |||
| 3. | Run For The Hills | 8. | For A.H. | |||
| 4. | Blind Pig | 9. | Fez 2 | |||
| 5. | Ciao Monkey | 10. | New Belly |