Bradford/Wong/Roper / Purple Gums
Album: | Purple Gums | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Bradford/Wong/Roper | Added: | Aug 2003 | |
Label: | Asian Improv Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2003-08-18 | Pull Date: | 2003-10-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Oct 19 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 | Sep 14 | Sep 7 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Oct 17, 2003: | Memory Select
A Boy Like You |
4. | Sep 26, 2003: | Memory Select
A Boy Like You |
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2. | Oct 15, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program
Patois |
5. | Sep 22, 2003: | Fly By Night
Bugle Boys |
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3. | Oct 03, 2003: | Memory Select
Bugle Boys |
6. | Sep 12, 2003: | Memory Select
A Boy Like You |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-08-21
Reviewed 2003-08-21
Trio improv: sax, trumpet, tuba. Wandering sketches of melody, more decisive than you'd expect given the lack of rhythm instruments -- they dive in, without many tentative segments. They also lock onto rhythms or melodies here and there (5, 7). Overall mood is bright and relaxed, with a mostly upbeat but careful pace, rather than an all-out attack.
Roper (improvised?) spoken word on 3,4,6,8
1- Slow crossing melodies ... ok, this one does sound a bit tentative
2*- Playful explorations, starts with fluttering solo bits
3- Jazzy trumpet w/Roper monologue about purple gums
4**- Role-playing monologue about racism; music starts skittish but develops into some strong melody
5*- Midtempo, includes some goofing around with melodies. Cool beginning: "Sun comes up, sun goes down"
6*- Spoken word, w/calm flute & trumpet. Atmospheric, with mid/fast strange riff ending
7- Features recurring riff from the trumpet.
8- Bluesy, w/spoken word
9- Slow, somber
Roper (improvised?) spoken word on 3,4,6,8
1- Slow crossing melodies ... ok, this one does sound a bit tentative
2*- Playful explorations, starts with fluttering solo bits
3- Jazzy trumpet w/Roper monologue about purple gums
4**- Role-playing monologue about racism; music starts skittish but develops into some strong melody
5*- Midtempo, includes some goofing around with melodies. Cool beginning: "Sun comes up, sun goes down"
6*- Spoken word, w/calm flute & trumpet. Atmospheric, with mid/fast strange riff ending
7- Features recurring riff from the trumpet.
8- Bluesy, w/spoken word
9- Slow, somber
Track Listing
1. | Baleen and Porpoises | 6. | You a Square | |||
2. | Patois | 7. | Falling Water | |||
3. | Purple Gums | 8. | Li'l Sister | |||
4. | A Boy Like You | 9. | Procession of the Pall | |||
5. | Bugle Boys | . |