| James Farm / City Folk |
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| Album: | City Folk | Collection: | Review Shelf | |
| Artist: | James Farm | Added: | Feb 2015 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-05-08 | Pull Date: | 2015-07-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 12 | Jul 5 | Jun 28 | Jun 21 | Jun 14 | Jun 7 | May 31 | May 17 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 26, 2022: | Rebop Aspirin | 4. | Jul 10, 2015: | Rebop Mr. E | |
| 2. | Aug 15, 2022: | Rebop Mr. E | 5. | Jul 09, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Mr. E | |
| 3. | May 15, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole Aspirin | 6. | Jul 09, 2015: | Jump, Jive, & Jazz Aspirin |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2015-04-02 | ||
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MAINSTREAM JAZZ COMBO Another excellent album by this superb Joshua Redman-led combo. Most tracks feature teamed-up saxophone and piano, with a strong bass and drums rhythm section. All tracks are well worth listening to. (It was hard to be sparing with the *s.) All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 * Mid-tempo. Piano & tenor sax trade off a song-like melody. (5:07) 2 ** Slow. Redman on soprano. Little circular theme. Builds & builds & builds. (7:06) 3 ** Slow start. Picks up steam. Very melodic. Terrific bass solo. (7:57) 4 ** Mid-tempo. Varying themes. Driving, high energy. Great band interaction. (8:57) 5 * Slow. Graceful but melancholy ballad. (4:37) 6 Mid-tempo. Starts real easy; gets bigger and bigger. Ends fortissimo. (6:39) 7 Slow. Sparse first half; faster, spirited second. (5:34) 8 ** Fast. Rocks out! Spurts of melody from sax; heavy chords on pno; tons of drum. (7:38) 9 * Mid-tempo. Sparse, lonely intro; then lively, soulful tune with lots of funky bass. (7:04) 10 Slow. Plaintive, searching intro; settles into a pretty little piece. (3:27) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Two Steps | 6. | Otherwise | |||
| 2. | Unknown | 7. | Jury's Out | |||
| 3. | North Star | 8. | Aspirin | |||
| 4. | Mr. E | 9. | City Folk | |||
| 5. | Farms | 10. | What Remains |