Kairos Sextet / Transition
Album: | Transition | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Kairos Sextet | Added: | Mar 2018 | |
Label: | Dafnison Music |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2018-03-26 | Pull Date: | 2018-05-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | May 13 | Apr 22 | Apr 1 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | May 11, 2018: | Old Fart at Play
I Remember You |
3. | Mar 31, 2018: | Wild Kingdom
Transition |
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2. | Apr 18, 2018: | Oh Messy Motion
Transition |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-03-17
Reviewed 2018-03-17
Reviewed: 2018-03-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: formed by visionary Cuban drummer/percussionist/educator Dafnis Prieto, this stunning debut disc goes for the gusto from the very get-go with a propulsive rhythm attack and horn army who bop and pop with the best of them.
If You Like: Roy Hargrove, Chucho Valdez, Eddie Palmieri
Track Review (favorites denoted by*):
*1/ Transition (6:47) – piano starts> uptempo jam> snakelike sax solo slows to slow jam> quick fade> false stop> uptempo jam> percussion solo> jam> quick stop
2/ Sunspot (6:16) – piano/bass start> midtempo jam> alto sax solo> trumpet solo> jam> piano solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*3/ (No) Time To Spare (5:25) - > uptempo jam with big band feel> wild off-kilter sax solo> wild uptempo swinging jam> quick stop
4/ On And On (7:10) – bass starts> midtempo jam with waves of horns> uptempo jam slows to slow tempo> fade
*5/ Triangles And Circles (5:07) – percussion solo starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings wild> percussion/piano duet> uptempo jam> quick stop
*6/ Dafnison (6:05) – drums start> midtempo jam> piano solo> piano solo swings uptempo> sax solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
7/ I Remember You (5:22) – horns start> uptempo jam> swinging trumpet solo> piano solo> drum solo> jam> quick fade
*8/ Thrive (6:43) – percussion starts> full force midtempo jam> percussion/piano duet> sax solo> trumpet solo> jam> quick stop
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: formed by visionary Cuban drummer/percussionist/educator Dafnis Prieto, this stunning debut disc goes for the gusto from the very get-go with a propulsive rhythm attack and horn army who bop and pop with the best of them.
If You Like: Roy Hargrove, Chucho Valdez, Eddie Palmieri
Track Review (favorites denoted by*):
*1/ Transition (6:47) – piano starts> uptempo jam> snakelike sax solo slows to slow jam> quick fade> false stop> uptempo jam> percussion solo> jam> quick stop
2/ Sunspot (6:16) – piano/bass start> midtempo jam> alto sax solo> trumpet solo> jam> piano solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*3/ (No) Time To Spare (5:25) - > uptempo jam with big band feel> wild off-kilter sax solo> wild uptempo swinging jam> quick stop
4/ On And On (7:10) – bass starts> midtempo jam with waves of horns> uptempo jam slows to slow tempo> fade
*5/ Triangles And Circles (5:07) – percussion solo starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings wild> percussion/piano duet> uptempo jam> quick stop
*6/ Dafnison (6:05) – drums start> midtempo jam> piano solo> piano solo swings uptempo> sax solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
7/ I Remember You (5:22) – horns start> uptempo jam> swinging trumpet solo> piano solo> drum solo> jam> quick fade
*8/ Thrive (6:43) – percussion starts> full force midtempo jam> percussion/piano duet> sax solo> trumpet solo> jam> quick stop
Track Listing
1. | Transition | 5. | Triangles And Circles | |||
2. | Sunspot | 6. | Dafnison | |||
3. | (No) Time To Spare | 7. | I Remember You | |||
4. | On And On | 8. | Thrive |