Serpa, Sara / Mobile
| Album: | Mobile | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Serpa, Sara | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Inner Circle Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-10-16 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 18 | Dec 11 | Dec 4 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 23 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 11, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio PARIS COP TALK
Gold Digging Ants |
4. | Nov 29, 2011: | Rebop
Ahab's Lament |
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| 2. | Dec 13, 2011: | Rebop
Sem Razão, If |
5. | Nov 22, 2011: | Rebop
Sem Razão |
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| 3. | Dec 06, 2011: | Rebop
Gold Digging Ants |
6. | Nov 18, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Sequoia Gigantis |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-10-16
Reviewed 2011-10-16
SARA SERPA: Mobile
Inner Circle, 2011
VOCAL JAZZ – Portuguese vocalist/composer Sara Serpa is truly unique. Serpa’s near-ethereal scatting is predominant here, with her supple, crystal-clear voice soaring in a realm of pure (but angular) melody. Great literary works with voyaging themes are the inspiration for ten challenging pieces. She’s backed by a fine modernist quartet including Kris Davis on piano and Andre Matos on guitars. Cool stuff.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
1. 8:09 – spoken intro, then vocal floats over evolving quartet, guitar soars
2. 7:23 – rhythmic piece with twisty vocal lines, careful piano & tumbling drums
3. 6:22 – unfolds slowly: calm vocal, acoustic guitar & keyboard build up
4. 7:23 – builds from a circular pattern: agitated piano solo, excellent vocal
5. 6:08 – e.e. cummings poem: slow, drawn out and billowing
6. 4:23 – spare: voice & acoustic guitar work in unison, become untethered
7. 4:40 – aching fado vocal in a hall of mirrors, full of mystery and depth
8. 5:57 – spiky zig-zagging rhythm, geometric piano & vocal, turns crunchy
9. 4:47 – slow march into darkness: Portuguese lyrics, melancholy solos
10. 3:46 – eerie multi-tracked vocal, rumbling piano, very quiet improv
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Inner Circle, 2011
VOCAL JAZZ – Portuguese vocalist/composer Sara Serpa is truly unique. Serpa’s near-ethereal scatting is predominant here, with her supple, crystal-clear voice soaring in a realm of pure (but angular) melody. Great literary works with voyaging themes are the inspiration for ten challenging pieces. She’s backed by a fine modernist quartet including Kris Davis on piano and Andre Matos on guitars. Cool stuff.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
1. 8:09 – spoken intro, then vocal floats over evolving quartet, guitar soars
2. 7:23 – rhythmic piece with twisty vocal lines, careful piano & tumbling drums
3. 6:22 – unfolds slowly: calm vocal, acoustic guitar & keyboard build up
4. 7:23 – builds from a circular pattern: agitated piano solo, excellent vocal
5. 6:08 – e.e. cummings poem: slow, drawn out and billowing
6. 4:23 – spare: voice & acoustic guitar work in unison, become untethered
7. 4:40 – aching fado vocal in a hall of mirrors, full of mystery and depth
8. 5:57 – spiky zig-zagging rhythm, geometric piano & vocal, turns crunchy
9. 4:47 – slow march into darkness: Portuguese lyrics, melancholy solos
10. 3:46 – eerie multi-tracked vocal, rumbling piano, very quiet improv
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Track Listing
| 1. | Sequoia Gigantis | 6. | Traveling With Kapuszinsky | |||
| 2. | Ulysses's Costume | 7. | Sem Razão | |||
| 3. | Pilgrimage To Armanath | 8. | Gold Digging Ants | |||
| 4. | Ahab's Lament | 9. | Corto | |||
| 5. | If | 10. | City Of Light, City Of Darkness |