Carney, Ralph / Serious Jass Project / Seriously
| Album: | Seriously | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Carney, Ralph / Serious Jass Project | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Smog Veil Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-10-09 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 21, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Echoes Of Harlem |
4. | Nov 01, 2011: | Rebop
Echoes Of Harlem |
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| 2. | Nov 10, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Echoes Of Harlem |
5. | Oct 30, 2011: | Everything.
Blue Creek Hop |
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| 3. | Nov 06, 2011: | Everything.
Echoes Of Harlem |
6. | Oct 26, 2011: | All That Swing
You Took Advantage Of Me |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-10-08
Reviewed 2011-10-08
RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT: Seriously
Smog Veil, 2011
SWING – Second disc from this gleefully goofy Bay Area quartet. Best known for Tin Huey and his work with Tom Waits, Carney is a master of pretty much any instrument you can blow into and a few that you can’t, and he single-handedly becomes a full horn section in these overlooked gems from the 1920s-1940s (including several from the Duke Ellington songbook). Mostly instrumental stuff, but the brief vocals are fun too. Everybody’s having a good time, and so will you.
All fun. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11
1. 3:00 – hot & jumpin’ with squealin’ saxes, lap steel, goofball scat vocals
2. 2:49 – happy theme song with an exotic twist: sax blows hot and cool
3. 4:35 – excellent Ellington creep with nicely slurred sax & trumpet solos
4. 2:55 – upbeat and super-happy: horns & flute bounce, fun vocals
5. 2:26 – jump blues/boogie bounce, love the deep sax backing
6. 2:51 – laid-back Ellington: really nice melody for clarinet & gruff saxes
7. 3:42 – snappy tune: saloon piano, hot sax & clarinets, oddball vocal duet
8. 4:42 – relaxed but really screwy: playful piano and silly group vocal
9. 2:24 – merry little bounce chugs along, wordless vocal section
10. 3:48 – laid-back but breezy 1920s tune: nice arrangement, rough vocal
11. 3:03 – chunky, good-time bounce: clarinet is all over it, nice drums
12. 4:35 – oddball group improvisation, free-jazz with a dose of humor
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Smog Veil, 2011
SWING – Second disc from this gleefully goofy Bay Area quartet. Best known for Tin Huey and his work with Tom Waits, Carney is a master of pretty much any instrument you can blow into and a few that you can’t, and he single-handedly becomes a full horn section in these overlooked gems from the 1920s-1940s (including several from the Duke Ellington songbook). Mostly instrumental stuff, but the brief vocals are fun too. Everybody’s having a good time, and so will you.
All fun. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11
1. 3:00 – hot & jumpin’ with squealin’ saxes, lap steel, goofball scat vocals
2. 2:49 – happy theme song with an exotic twist: sax blows hot and cool
3. 4:35 – excellent Ellington creep with nicely slurred sax & trumpet solos
4. 2:55 – upbeat and super-happy: horns & flute bounce, fun vocals
5. 2:26 – jump blues/boogie bounce, love the deep sax backing
6. 2:51 – laid-back Ellington: really nice melody for clarinet & gruff saxes
7. 3:42 – snappy tune: saloon piano, hot sax & clarinets, oddball vocal duet
8. 4:42 – relaxed but really screwy: playful piano and silly group vocal
9. 2:24 – merry little bounce chugs along, wordless vocal section
10. 3:48 – laid-back but breezy 1920s tune: nice arrangement, rough vocal
11. 3:03 – chunky, good-time bounce: clarinet is all over it, nice drums
12. 4:35 – oddball group improvisation, free-jazz with a dose of humor
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Track Listing
| 1. | Blue Creek Hop | 7. | Linger Awhile | |||
| 2. | Meet Dr. Foo | 8. | Pompton Turnpike | |||
| 3. | Echoes Of Harlem | 9. | I Wish I Were Twins | |||
| 4. | Carnival In Caroline | 10. | You Took Advantage Of Me | |||
| 5. | Moondog Boogie | 11. | Happy Feet | |||
| 6. | Gypsy Without A Song | 12. | Echoes Of Chloe |