Declared Enemy / Night Of 100001 Stars: A Tribute To Jean Genet
| Album: | Night Of 100001 Stars: A Tribute To Jean Genet | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Declared Enemy | Added: | May 2007 | |
| Label: | Rogue Art | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-05-20 | Pull Date: | 2007-07-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 | Jun 3 | May 27 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 04, 2014: | Eclectic Erudition wk 06 fall 14 steeplechase was not used! next week... maybe.
Le Rouge Et Le Noir, Abdallah |
4. | Jul 12, 2007: | Memory Select, Late-Nite Edition
Le Rouge Et Le Noir [excerpt] |
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| 2. | Jan 01, 2010: | Music Casserole
Abdallah |
5. | Jul 08, 2007: | Transmission Overload
Black Panthers |
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| 3. | Jul 20, 2007: | Memory Select
Abdallah |
6. | Jul 04, 2007: | The Adventurer's Choice
Abdallah |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2007-05-18
Reviewed 2007-05-18
Calm avant-jazz session that uses a cerebral sense of melody to create surreal landscapes or off-kilter grooves. It's a musical tribute to the writer Jean Genet, including some long readings of his texts (2,8), and apparently delving into his relationship with the '60s civil rights movement, particularly the Black Panthers.
On piano, Matthew Shipp goes back to his choppy "avant-garde" style as opposed to long, dense chords. He's joined by an all-star free-jazz cast: Sabir Mateen (woodwinds), William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Denis Lavant (spoken word).
Texts are in French and appear FCC clean to English ears.
1- Hand drums, descends into quiet
2- Dramatic text; music that starts morose and spins into a stern, mid/fast group improv. 20 minutes.
3- Straight-jazz stroll (sort of) with flute, nice
4- Flowing, softly turbulent: Dense piano, spiraling clarinet.
5- Choppy little piano blips, squeaky wandering clarinet.
6- Catchy mid/fast rhythm, off-kilter sense of melody
7- Cool '60s post-bop groove with flute
8- Spoken word over slowly rolling piano/bass. Dark mood. Names show up about 8 minutes in -- Frederick Douglas, Harriett Tubman, Malcom X, MLK.
9- A slow crawl that builds into heavy staccato piano
On piano, Matthew Shipp goes back to his choppy "avant-garde" style as opposed to long, dense chords. He's joined by an all-star free-jazz cast: Sabir Mateen (woodwinds), William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Denis Lavant (spoken word).
Texts are in French and appear FCC clean to English ears.
1- Hand drums, descends into quiet
2- Dramatic text; music that starts morose and spins into a stern, mid/fast group improv. 20 minutes.
3- Straight-jazz stroll (sort of) with flute, nice
4- Flowing, softly turbulent: Dense piano, spiraling clarinet.
5- Choppy little piano blips, squeaky wandering clarinet.
6- Catchy mid/fast rhythm, off-kilter sense of melody
7- Cool '60s post-bop groove with flute
8- Spoken word over slowly rolling piano/bass. Dark mood. Names show up about 8 minutes in -- Frederick Douglas, Harriett Tubman, Malcom X, MLK.
9- A slow crawl that builds into heavy staccato piano
Track Listing
| 1. | Chicago 68 | 6. | Black Panthers | |||
| 2. | Marche Funebre | 7. | Abdallah | |||
| 3. | Flowers | 8. | Le Rouge Et Le Noir | |||
| 4. | Alberto's Workshop | 9. | Larache | |||
| 5. | Mettray | . |