Bodrato/Battaglia/Massaria/Furia / Bartleby The Scrivener
Album: Bartleby The Scrivener   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Bodrato/Battaglia/Massaria/Furia   Added:Jan 2014
Label:Evil Rabbit  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-01-02 Pull Date: 2014-03-06 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 23 Feb 9 Feb 2 Jan 26 Jan 19 Jan 12
Airplays: 2 2 2 3 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 21, 2014: No Cover, No Minimum
The Easiest Is The Best
4. Feb 06, 2014: Rebop
Ambition And Indigestion
2. Feb 20, 2014: Rebop
The Easiest Is The Best
5. Feb 01, 2014: Music Casserole
The Easiest Is The Best
3. Feb 07, 2014: No Cover, No Minimum
Ambition And Indigestion
6. Jan 30, 2014: Rebop
Ambition And Indigestion

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-01-02
BODRATO/BATTAGLIA/MASSARIA/FURIA: Bartleby the Scrivener
Evil Rabbit, 2013

AVANT-JAZZ – This collective quartet out of Italy blends a tight, simpatico feel with unpredictable tunes. They stretch in multiple directions without sounding chaotic or grating, but also change from one texture/mood to another with little warning (on nearly every track).

Fo’s Picks: 2, 5, 6, 7, 10

1. 5:07 – very quiet, sedate at first; falls into soft patterns w/spiky interjections
2. 12:40 – scattered droplets and trills; then moody, open space that stretches way out; 2nd half is chugging, then quietly speedy/jittery ‘til end
3. 7:57 – slow, with tender piano; quiet longing becomes a lopsided march
4. 5:18 – bass intro; prodding vs. amorphous guitar; then wide-open & weird
5. 5:32 – soft pendulum over bass drone / slow & open with scattered drums
6. 6:05 – weirdo guitar & piano; quiet drum solo; troubled quartet rumble
7. 4:40 – slow and calm, almost a ballad; piano searches, bass shadows it
8. 5:13 – lightly scattered quartet, first half steady, 2nd half slow & gauzy
9. 5:04 – dark, mysterious; slips into solo piano ache, then odd clockwork
10. 10:47 – complex rhythmic interplay at multiple tempos, fast to slow, with each section focused around a different player
11. 6:22 – slow start, bleak, ominous clock of doom, then wide open & fragile

[ Fo ] - 2 January 2014

Track Listing
1. I Would Prefer Not To   6. Gingernut
2. Nippers   7. Bartleby The Scrivener
3. Motionless Young Man   8. I Know Where I Am
4. Turkey   9. The Lawyer
5. The Easiest Is The Best   10. Ambition And Indigestion
  11. Ah, Humanity!