White Rocket / White Rocket
Album: White Rocket   Collection:Jazz
Artist:White Rocket   Added:Oct 2009
Label:Diatribe  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-12-20 Pull Date: 2010-02-21 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 7 Jan 31 Jan 24 Jan 17 Jan 10 Dec 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 06, 2018: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Susan Styra
4. Jan 22, 2010: Memory Select
His Story
2. Feb 05, 2010: Memory Select
Mutatis Mutandis
5. Jan 14, 2010: Songs about Music
Mutatis Mutandis
3. Jan 29, 2010: The Rent Party
Mutatis Mutandis
6. Jan 05, 2010: Memory Select
Hone

Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2009-12-21
Modern jazz quartet with piano and trumpet. It's got that jazzy sheen to it but is prone to adventurous twists and complex writing. Tracks like 1,3,8 change gears abruptly and/or seem designed to mess with your head, while 4 and 6 show off some complicated writing drawing from jazz and classical wells.

Greg Felton - piano
Sean Carpio - drums
Jacob Wick - trumpet

1- Snappy and upbeat, in unusual time. Crisp trumpet and a jabbing theme. Brisk intensity. Later, it splits off into a quiet, abstract piano flow.
2- Perky mid/fast jazzy flow. Theme written in long, bouncy lines; a really nice listen.
3- Midtempo flow, with some long stacatto pauses as the band messes with us.
4- Fast patter. Really confusing theme. I love it!
5- Slow and lyrical, with drama
6- Perky overlapping lines, scurrying. Then, a classically-influenced piano solo.
7- A quiet repetitive pulsing behind slow piano chords and some interesting drumming. Low-key. Very slow/quiet start.
8- A touch of chamber seriousness, but still a strong mid/fast jazzy feel
9- Pensive, slow. Unaccompanied trumpet intro. Develops slowly after that.

Track Listing
1. Mutatis Mutandis   5. Lonely Toad
2. His Story   6. Susan Styra
3. Recent Events   7. Symptoms
4. Hone   8. Sung Once
  9. The Fisherman's Song