Au, Allison Quartet / Wander Wonder
Album: Wander Wonder   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Au, Allison Quartet   Added:Dec 2018
Label:Self Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-01-09 Pull Date: 2019-03-13 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 17 Mar 10 Mar 3 Feb 24 Feb 17 Feb 10 Feb 3 Jan 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 16, 2019: Music Casserole
Force Majeure
4. Mar 02, 2019: The Acupuncture Hour/Audio Ambrosia
A Trick Of The Moonlight, The Valley
2. Mar 12, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
The Rest Is Up To You
5. Feb 23, 2019: Music Casserole
The Valley
3. Mar 08, 2019: Old Fart At Play
The Lie That Saves Us All
6. Feb 15, 2019: Old Fart At Play
Future Self

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-12-23
Reviewed: 2018-12-23
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Saxophonist Au proves herself a marvelous composer of engaging, accessible and melodic tunes in her quartet sound. The set explores a lot of territory while maintaining a cohesive mood. Her music sounds consistently hopeful and modernistic.
If You Like: Amanda Gardier, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ The Valley (2:09) – Prophet synth starts with big swell of sound> slow languorous space jam>
*2/ Future Self (6:19) – piano starts hesitatingly> slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam swings to midtempo> fade
*3/ The Rest Is Up To You (6:26) – sax starts> midtempo jam> sax starts> piano solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam> slow fade
4/ Looking Up (5:09) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo swings uptempo> midtempo jam> fade
5/ Morning (5:42) – bass starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*6/ The Lie That Saves Us All (6:04) – piano starts in bursts> uptempo rhythm section with midtempo sax over the top> sax solo over hesitant synth/drum duet> midtempo jam> crescendo end
7/ Red Herring (5:07) – full band starts> midtempo jam slows to slow tempo> music comes in waves> fade
8/ Grounds (3:02) – Prophet starts with bursts of sound> slow jam> fade
*9/ Force Majeure (8:00) - percussion starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> uptempo jam with repetitive riff> sax soars> fade
*10/ A Trick of the Moonlight (5:24) – piano starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam sax solo> fade

Track Listing
1. The Valley   6. The Lie That Saves Us All
2. Future Self   7. Red Herring
3. The Rest Is Up To You   8. Grounds
4. Looking Up   9. Force Majeure
5. Morning   10. A Trick Of The Moonlight