| Mehldau, Brad / Finding Gabriel |
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| Album: | Finding Gabriel | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mehldau, Brad | Added: | Jun 2019 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-07-30 | Pull Date: | 2019-10-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 22 | Sep 15 | Sep 8 | Sep 1 | Aug 25 | Aug 18 | Aug 11 | Aug 4 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 24, 2022: | Music Casserole Finding Gabriel | 4. | Sep 20, 2019: | old fart at play St. Mark Howling In The City Of The Night | |
| 2. | Oct 03, 2019: | Alien Hour Born To Trouble | 5. | Sep 10, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Finding Gabriel | |
| 3. | Sep 21, 2019: | Music Casserole O Ephraim | 6. | Sep 06, 2019: | Butter and Jams The Garden |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-07-02 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-07-02 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Jazz pianist Mehidau has always been concerned with balancing a handful of musical priorities: dynamic fluctuation, tension and release, the play between a crisply stated idea and one that's projected or implied. All of these are factors on Mehldau's ambitious new album. What helps nudge it into strange new territory is a fixation on voice and breath. This is a swing-for-the-fences opus that references Old Testament prophets and other Biblical arcana; collides retro-futurist synthesizers with horns and strings; and interpolates an all-too-familiar slogan from a political rally. As you spend time listening, you begin to understand how much faith Mehldau has placed here in human vocalization, as a call to communion in troubled times. If You Like: Cocteau Twins, Penderecki, Bulgarian Women’s Chorus, Dead Can Dance, Keith Emerson **Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ The Garden (7:18) – synth starts> uptempo jam with choral voices> swells in volume & intensity> crescendo end 2/ Born To Trouble (4:01) – synth starts> midtempo solo with Mehldau singing> pause> acoustic piano solo> uptempo electric piano solo> slowly builds in volume with added synth & vocal, then mellows to fade on acoustic piano *3/ Striving After Wind (4:39) – synth starts> bubbly midtempo synth duet with drum machine> brief pause> voices join & soar> slows to fade *4/ O Ephraim (5:22) – acoustic piano starts> midtempo solo incorporating synth & drum machine, with Mehldau vocalizing over the top> Rhodes solo> uptempo solo jam> slows to fade on acoustic piano **5/ St. Mark Is Howling In The City Of The Night (6:20) – piano/synth starts> uptempo jam with chorus> drum machine kicks in> rocking uptempo jam> mellows to midtempo> slows to fade 6/ The Prophet Is A Fool (6:48) – cymbals start> midtempo jam with spoken word> rocking uptempo jam> slows, then swings back up, then mellows with spoken words interjected> uptempo jam with sonic voices> quick fade ***7/ Make It All Go Away (4:32) – spoken word starts> synth leads into uptempo jam with celestial female chorus> male singer joins> quick fade 8/ Deep Water (5:13) – synth starts with swirling noise> slow jam with heavy percussive beats> builds in volume & tempo> slows to fade> celestial chorus kicks in> slow sonic jam>crescendo> slows to fade ***9/ Proverb Of Ashes (4:18) – synth starts uptempo> uptempo jam> chorus kicks in with mingling vocals> quick fade *10/ Finding Gabriel (7:06) – acoustic piano starts slow & stately> midtempo jam with chorus> spoken word over the top> uptempo jam builds in volume & intensity> piano solo slows to midtempo> chorus joins> quick fade | ||
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