Slumgum / Quardboard Flavored Fiber
| Album: | Quardboard Flavored Fiber | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Slumgum | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Accretions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-08-28 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Sep 25 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 28, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Puce Over Pumpkin With A Hint Of Lime |
4. | Oct 14, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Eshu's Trick |
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| 2. | Oct 22, 2011: | Music Casserole
Hancho Pancho |
5. | Oct 04, 2011: | Rebop
Afternoon |
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| 3. | Oct 18, 2011: | Rebop
Eshu's Trick |
6. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select
Hancho Pancho |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-08-28
Reviewed 2011-08-28
SLUMGUM: Quardboard Flavored Fiber
Accretions, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – This elusive quartet is not afraid to take risks. They have a vibrant, gripping core sound that rises from a sort of urban moodiness, but they also flirt with free improv on several tracks and get into a bit of crunchy jazz-rock in #2. The odd-numbered tracks are variations on a single melody, with varying levels of abstraction.
Jon Armstrong : tenor sax & clarinet
Rory Cowal : piano & rhodes
Dave Tranchina : bass
Trevor Anderies : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6… 10 if you’re up for it
1. 3:12 – sparse and cerebral, comes together in a brief surge, falls away
2. 5:08 – relaxed, off-kilter with Rhodes keyboard & cool rhythm, turns grungy
3. 2:52 – sax & piano wander over Afro-Caribbean rhythm, insistent improv
4. 9:08 – starts easy, speeds up under edgy sax, spins; neat rhodes/drum duo
5. 2:30 – very quiet, slow: moody sax, bright piano chords & tiptoe bass
6. 6:34 – mopey ballad: band comes in gradually, crests in center, then glides
7. 2:34 – very slow and deep, bass front and center, stretches upwards
8. 7:30 – spiky, stabbing theme gradually overcome by gently-flowing freedom
9. 3:16 – starts calm but dark, becomes agitated with creaky bass improv
10. 9:30 – vague, highly slippery stuff: good sax & bass solos, flies free at end
11. 4:04 – sloooow, emerges from silence, harsh bowed bass pulls it out
[ Fo ] - August 2011
Accretions, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – This elusive quartet is not afraid to take risks. They have a vibrant, gripping core sound that rises from a sort of urban moodiness, but they also flirt with free improv on several tracks and get into a bit of crunchy jazz-rock in #2. The odd-numbered tracks are variations on a single melody, with varying levels of abstraction.
Jon Armstrong : tenor sax & clarinet
Rory Cowal : piano & rhodes
Dave Tranchina : bass
Trevor Anderies : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6… 10 if you’re up for it
1. 3:12 – sparse and cerebral, comes together in a brief surge, falls away
2. 5:08 – relaxed, off-kilter with Rhodes keyboard & cool rhythm, turns grungy
3. 2:52 – sax & piano wander over Afro-Caribbean rhythm, insistent improv
4. 9:08 – starts easy, speeds up under edgy sax, spins; neat rhodes/drum duo
5. 2:30 – very quiet, slow: moody sax, bright piano chords & tiptoe bass
6. 6:34 – mopey ballad: band comes in gradually, crests in center, then glides
7. 2:34 – very slow and deep, bass front and center, stretches upwards
8. 7:30 – spiky, stabbing theme gradually overcome by gently-flowing freedom
9. 3:16 – starts calm but dark, becomes agitated with creaky bass improv
10. 9:30 – vague, highly slippery stuff: good sax & bass solos, flies free at end
11. 4:04 – sloooow, emerges from silence, harsh bowed bass pulls it out
[ Fo ] - August 2011
Track Listing