All-Star Game, the / All-Star Game, the
Album: All-Star Game, the   Collection:Jazz
Artist:All-Star Game, the   Added:Jul 2003
Label:Eremite  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-07-21 Pull Date: 2003-09-22 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Sep 21 Sep 14 Aug 31 Aug 24 Aug 17 Aug 10 Aug 3 Jul 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 03, 2004: Oh Messy Life
2
4. Sep 12, 2003: Memory Select
[tracks 3 and 4, excerpt]
2. Apr 20, 2004: Umami Jazz Program
5
5. Aug 29, 2003: Memory Select
[excerpt: track 1, part of track 2]
3. Sep 14, 2003: Oh Mewssy Life
2
6. Aug 22, 2003: Memory Select
2

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-07-26
Two-sax free jam, and it really is an all-star lineup: Marshall Allen (the Arkestra) and Kidd Jordan on sax; bassist Alan Silva and (because it's the law) William Parker; Hamid Drake on drums.

High energy session with enough slowdown points to catch your breath. Every track gets pretty fierce at some point; they're all keepers.

All tracks segue.

1*- Slow bass-y start, grows into tense shrieky sax duel
2*- Faster pace, high energy. Some sqawky, vicious bass bowing toward the end
3- A break. Quiet bass solo starts; followed by some fast, spirited playing and a quiet segue
4- Starts slow, brash, angular. Loosens up and speeds up later
5*- Relatively quiet but still forceful. Starts with a relaxed, bluesy sax soliloquy
6- Bass solo again, develops into a cluttery jungle pulse. Long, quiet ending.

Track Listing
1. 1   4. 4
2. 2   5. 5
3. 3   6. 6