| Bishop, Todd Group / Travelogue |
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| Album: | Travelogue | Collection: | Review Shelf | |
| Artist: | Bishop, Todd Group | Added: | Aug 2014 | |
| Label: | Origin Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-04-03 | Pull Date: | 2015-06-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jun 7 | May 24 | May 17 | May 3 | Apr 26 | Apr 19 | Apr 12 | Apr 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 21, 2021: | Virtually Happy (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2021) Only Shallow | 4. | Mar 13, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserrole Ventimiglia | |
| 2. | Jun 15, 2021: | Virtually Happy Only Shallow | 5. | Jun 04, 2015: | Jump, Jive and Jazz Ventimiglia | |
| 3. | Mar 27, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole Somnambulist | 6. | May 22, 2015: | Rebop Moving |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2015-04-02 | ||
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MAINSTREAM JAZZ COMBO Todd Bishop is the drummer and leader here, but the star of the show is Richard Cole playing an Eric Dolphy-esque set of woodwinds (three saxes, bass clarinet, and flute). Keyboards & bass complete the lineup. Pieces are written by all four bandmates. All instrumentals. No FCC issues 1 * Mid-fast but relaxed. Song-like melody played by tenor sax in easy, legato lines. Piano solo in middle. Bass & drums keep it steady. (6:21) 2 Mid-slow. Sax lead is improvisational & punctuated. Laid back piece. (5:37) 3 * Mid-fast. Alternating sax & piano melodies. Slight samba beat. Pleasant. (7:05) 4 * Mid-fast. Strong Gato Barbieri-like sax. Playful elec piano. South American beat. (4:49) 5 Mid-slow & easy going. Melodies on bass clarinet, soprano sax, piano & bass. (6:03) 6 ** Mid-tempo. Bass clarinet, soprano sax & piano take turns on disjoint, broken melody. Bass & drums keep fractured parts glued together. Eerie & strange but intriguing. (5:11) 7 ** Slow. Strange again & perhaps better than 6. Bass clarinet plays melody accompanied by unsnared drums with World-music sound. Joyous piano takes over in second half. (6:38) 8 * Surprise soul-tinged thing with elec piano, bari sax, and flute. Groovy & fun. (5:14) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Moving | 5. | Rover | |||
| 2. | Far And Awake | 6. | Norwegian | |||
| 3. | Ventimiglia | 7. | Somnambulist | |||
| 4. | Dom's Riff | 8. | Only Shallow |