Goebbels, Heiner & Alfred Harth / Hommage/Vier Fauste/Vom Sprengen Des Gartens
Album: | Hommage/Vier Fauste/Vom Sprengen Des Gartens | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Goebbels, Heiner & Alfred Harth | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
Label: | Rer Megacorp |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2007-12-09 | Pull Date: | 2008-02-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Recent Airplay
1. | Feb 08, 2008: | Memory Select
Der Zerrissene Rock/So, Das Ist, Was Wir Brauchen/Gedanken Uber Die Rote Fahne |
4. | Jan 16, 2008: | Baptism of Solitude
Wenn Der Pfortner Kommt |
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2. | Feb 08, 2008: | The Rent Party
Zur Uberwindung Von Schwierigkeiten |
5. | Jan 11, 2008: | Memory Select
Vorwarts! |
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3. | Feb 01, 2008: | Memory Select
Los Campesinos |
6. | Jan 09, 2008: | Eran Mukamel (nigritude ultramarine)
Zur Uberwindung Von Schwierigkeiten |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2007-12-09
Reviewed 2007-12-09
Sax/piano duets (sometimes accordion): European flair with a sense of fun, crossing serious jazz improv with a movie-soundtrack aura, Euro-cafe settings, and a touch of Nino Rota circus acts. Two CDs, each a reissue of a mid-'70s album.
Each CD has 20 seconds of silence, to represent turning the record over. That's the kind of not-so-serious mood present in the session.
Disc 1 is good for European drama and flair. Gets goofy and silly. It alternates compositions by Hanns Eisler (fun and lighthearted, somtimes sounding like Euro chase music) with duet improvs (equally spirited; the guys goof off, sticking to themes that match Eisler's attitudes).
Disc 2 -- The more serious one. Some composed tracks (6,12, parts of 1,8) ... Touches of ECM-like European jazz (melodic, unconventional but easy on the ears: see 1,5,9,11) with some oddball improv (4) and a couple of songs that could fit on Disc 1 (#12, esp.)
DISC ONE
1- Two compositions -- theatrical, dramatic -- bookended by an improv that gets into some good crashing
2- Melodic improv flow; gets intense but not stomy. Some nice piano chording in there. Some playful goofiness towards the end.
3- Fun, swooping improv with accordion
4- Fast patter, a goofy kind of ceremonial march
5- Oktoberfest party accordion
6- (20 seconds of silence)
7- Abstract and skittery, fast
8- Soaring, fluttering improvisation, fast but moody
9- Bustling keystone cops, then serious fast piano
10- Spiky little piece
11- Chipper little cafe music, a bit sentimental
12- 46 seconds of bouncy Nino Rota fun
DISC TWO
13- Pleasant, light jazz, quite accessible.
14- Fast, serious. A bit emotional, a bit crazed.
15- Euro soundtack drama, fairly fast, gets high & a bit silly
16- Bird-call sounds (?!) & twittery improv
17- Fast patter, catchy piano intro
18- Two saxes: Perky, playfully stern. Classical interpretation.
19- (20 seconds of silence)
20- Serious church organ. Loungy sax, ends with a scream.
21- A delicate atmosphere, often fast but careful. Nicely serious.
22- Fast piano staircase, overblown sax wail
23- Slowly stormy jazz, emotional
24- Beer-hall sentimental. Slow, w/accordion.
25- Bouncy, jazzy, goes off-center.
Each CD has 20 seconds of silence, to represent turning the record over. That's the kind of not-so-serious mood present in the session.
Disc 1 is good for European drama and flair. Gets goofy and silly. It alternates compositions by Hanns Eisler (fun and lighthearted, somtimes sounding like Euro chase music) with duet improvs (equally spirited; the guys goof off, sticking to themes that match Eisler's attitudes).
Disc 2 -- The more serious one. Some composed tracks (6,12, parts of 1,8) ... Touches of ECM-like European jazz (melodic, unconventional but easy on the ears: see 1,5,9,11) with some oddball improv (4) and a couple of songs that could fit on Disc 1 (#12, esp.)
DISC ONE
1- Two compositions -- theatrical, dramatic -- bookended by an improv that gets into some good crashing
2- Melodic improv flow; gets intense but not stomy. Some nice piano chording in there. Some playful goofiness towards the end.
3- Fun, swooping improv with accordion
4- Fast patter, a goofy kind of ceremonial march
5- Oktoberfest party accordion
6- (20 seconds of silence)
7- Abstract and skittery, fast
8- Soaring, fluttering improvisation, fast but moody
9- Bustling keystone cops, then serious fast piano
10- Spiky little piece
11- Chipper little cafe music, a bit sentimental
12- 46 seconds of bouncy Nino Rota fun
DISC TWO
13- Pleasant, light jazz, quite accessible.
14- Fast, serious. A bit emotional, a bit crazed.
15- Euro soundtack drama, fairly fast, gets high & a bit silly
16- Bird-call sounds (?!) & twittery improv
17- Fast patter, catchy piano intro
18- Two saxes: Perky, playfully stern. Classical interpretation.
19- (20 seconds of silence)
20- Serious church organ. Loungy sax, ends with a scream.
21- A delicate atmosphere, often fast but careful. Nicely serious.
22- Fast piano staircase, overblown sax wail
23- Slowly stormy jazz, emotional
24- Beer-hall sentimental. Slow, w/accordion.
25- Bouncy, jazzy, goes off-center.
Track Listing