Bertrand, David / Palmyra & Other Places
| Album: | Palmyra & Other Places | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bertrand, David | Added: | Feb 2018 | |
| Label: | Blujazz Productions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-03-06 | Pull Date: | 2018-05-08 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 6 | Apr 22 | Mar 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 21, 2022: | Sound Landscapes (rebroadcast from Mar 15, 2018)
Solar |
4. | Apr 20, 2018: | Old Fart at Play
Solar |
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| 2. | May 11, 2018: | Traditions
South 1st |
5. | Mar 15, 2018: | Sound Landscapes
Solar |
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| 3. | May 05, 2018: | Music Casserole
Wood Slave |
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Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-03-01
Reviewed 2018-03-01
Reviewed: 2018-03-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Bertrand plays multiple flutes and bass clarinet in a number of NYC based groups. Here on his first album as a leader, he integrates the rhythms of his native Trinidad’s folkloric traditions with modern jazz and the results are beautiful
If You Like: Joe Farrell, Baden Powell
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Lexington 63rd (5:12) – flute starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> rocking flute solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Fire Island (7:38) – flute starts> midtempo jam> gorgeous flute solo> guitar solo> slow fade
3/ Solar (3:25) – flute starts>midtempo jam> guitar solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*4/ Claude’s Nariva (6:54) – drums/flute starts> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> slow jam> slow fade
*5/ South 1st (7:29) – flute starts> uptempo jam> flute solo> uptemo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade
6/ Storms & Mountains (6:37) – flute starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> guitar solo> flute solo> midtempo jam> fade
*7/ Wood slave (7:41) – bass starts> midtempo jam> swinging flute solo> guitar solo> drum/bass duet> quick stop
*8/ Palmyra (6:24) – flute starts uptempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> quick stop
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Bertrand plays multiple flutes and bass clarinet in a number of NYC based groups. Here on his first album as a leader, he integrates the rhythms of his native Trinidad’s folkloric traditions with modern jazz and the results are beautiful
If You Like: Joe Farrell, Baden Powell
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Lexington 63rd (5:12) – flute starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> rocking flute solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Fire Island (7:38) – flute starts> midtempo jam> gorgeous flute solo> guitar solo> slow fade
3/ Solar (3:25) – flute starts>midtempo jam> guitar solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*4/ Claude’s Nariva (6:54) – drums/flute starts> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> slow jam> slow fade
*5/ South 1st (7:29) – flute starts> uptempo jam> flute solo> uptemo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade
6/ Storms & Mountains (6:37) – flute starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> guitar solo> flute solo> midtempo jam> fade
*7/ Wood slave (7:41) – bass starts> midtempo jam> swinging flute solo> guitar solo> drum/bass duet> quick stop
*8/ Palmyra (6:24) – flute starts uptempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> quick stop
Track Listing
| 1. | Lexington 63rd | 5. | South 1st | |||
| 2. | Fire Islad | 6. | Storm & Mountains | |||
| 3. | Solar | 7. | Wood Slave | |||
| 4. | Claude's Nariva | 8. | Palmyra |