Clark, Mike / Indigo Blue - Live At The Iridium
| Album: | Indigo Blue - Live At The Iridium | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Clark, Mike | Added: | Jul 2019 | |
| Label: | Ropeadope Music Entertain | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-07-30 | Pull Date: | 2019-10-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 18 | Aug 11 | Aug 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 13, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Well You Needn't |
4. | Aug 02, 2019: | Butter and Jams
Of Infinity |
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| 2. | Aug 09, 2019: | Old Fart At Play
Straight No Chaser |
5. | Aug 01, 2019: | Brands Beats & Bytes
Of Infinity |
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| 3. | Aug 06, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
If We Must Die |
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Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-07-17
Reviewed 2019-07-17
Reviewed: 2019-07-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This disc is a mainstream, hard bop session led by legendary funk and jazz drummer Mike Clark and his top-shelf ensemble, Indigo Blue, hearkens back to those great Blue Note live albums of Art Blakey. This is an all-star band without the hype; six masters engaging in the sport of improvisation as collaborators seeking to transcend the individual parts.
If You Like: Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Donaldson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Of Infinity – piano starts> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> horns jam> quick stop
*2/ Black Inside – piano starts> midtempo jam shifts uptempo on trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
3/ Past Lives – drums start> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> piano solo> tenor sax solo to crescendo end
*4/ Sweet – piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**5/ Straight No Chaser – drums/bass start> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
***6/ If We Must Die – drums/piano starts> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*7/ Lucky No. 7 – drums start> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end
**8/ Well You Needn’t – full band starts> fast tempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> drum solo> fast jam with quick solos all around> quick stop on drums
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This disc is a mainstream, hard bop session led by legendary funk and jazz drummer Mike Clark and his top-shelf ensemble, Indigo Blue, hearkens back to those great Blue Note live albums of Art Blakey. This is an all-star band without the hype; six masters engaging in the sport of improvisation as collaborators seeking to transcend the individual parts.
If You Like: Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Donaldson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Of Infinity – piano starts> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> horns jam> quick stop
*2/ Black Inside – piano starts> midtempo jam shifts uptempo on trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
3/ Past Lives – drums start> uptempo jam> alto sax solo> piano solo> tenor sax solo to crescendo end
*4/ Sweet – piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**5/ Straight No Chaser – drums/bass start> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> tenor sax solo> alto sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
***6/ If We Must Die – drums/piano starts> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*7/ Lucky No. 7 – drums start> uptempo jam> tenor sax solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end
**8/ Well You Needn’t – full band starts> fast tempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> drum solo> fast jam with quick solos all around> quick stop on drums
Track Listing
| 1. | Of Infinity | 5. | Straight No Chaser | |||
| 2. | Black Inside | 6. | If We Must Die | |||
| 3. | Past Lives | 7. | Lucku No. 7 | |||
| 4. | Sweet | 8. | Well You Needn't |