Ensemble En Pieces / Jardin D'exil
Album: | Jardin D'exil | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Ensemble En Pieces | Added: | Oct 2004 | |
Label: | Ambiances Magnetique |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2005-05-08 | Pull Date: | 2005-07-10 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Jul 10 | Jun 19 | Jun 5 | May 22 | May 15 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Mar 27, 2015: | Rebop
Nils & Kim, Ouverture |
4. | Jun 17, 2005: | Memory Select
Arriere-Pays |
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2. | Jul 08, 2005: | Memory Select
Short Story |
5. | Jun 13, 2005: | Civil Society
Plaines |
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3. | Jul 05, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Attendre Ce Qui N'arrive Pas |
6. | May 31, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Nils & Kim |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-05-16
Reviewed 2005-05-16
Fairly straight stuff, with rich piano chords and bright horn lines. Soft touch overall, often mixing '60s jazz with chamber-music counterpoint. Playful and accessible with a European sound.
Soloing tends to stick to the normal jazz motif, even on freer tracks like #3, with occasional way-out-there improv such as the intro to #2 or #10. Cleanly executed stuff, worth playing during any contemporary or even avant jazz segment.
1- Grand, playful brass intro.
2- Mellow, pleasant midtempo. Grumpy abstract intro.
3- Mysterious and snaky, mildly Persian sound
4- Slowish '60s feel and eventually stormy
5- Snappy, mid/fast with some cool piano
6- Sneaky little piece w/thumb piano, long horn lines
7- Midtempo, '60s feel; reprise of 4
8- Weird little toy-soldier march
9- Tangly midtempo modern bop, grooves nicely
10- Gentle and slow, mostly pretty with rattly intro
11- Slow trot intro. Big piano solo and fast casual sax solo
12- Midtempo descending theme, insistant trumpet solo
13- Gentle, homey, with random ancillary noises
14- Mid/fast but takes its time; ends pleasant and quiet
Soloing tends to stick to the normal jazz motif, even on freer tracks like #3, with occasional way-out-there improv such as the intro to #2 or #10. Cleanly executed stuff, worth playing during any contemporary or even avant jazz segment.
1- Grand, playful brass intro.
2- Mellow, pleasant midtempo. Grumpy abstract intro.
3- Mysterious and snaky, mildly Persian sound
4- Slowish '60s feel and eventually stormy
5- Snappy, mid/fast with some cool piano
6- Sneaky little piece w/thumb piano, long horn lines
7- Midtempo, '60s feel; reprise of 4
8- Weird little toy-soldier march
9- Tangly midtempo modern bop, grooves nicely
10- Gentle and slow, mostly pretty with rattly intro
11- Slow trot intro. Big piano solo and fast casual sax solo
12- Midtempo descending theme, insistant trumpet solo
13- Gentle, homey, with random ancillary noises
14- Mid/fast but takes its time; ends pleasant and quiet
Track Listing
1. | Ouverture | 8. | Pendule | |||
2. | Nils & Kim | 9. | Attendre Ce Qui N'arrive Pas | |||
3. | Plaines | 10. | L'abime Commun | |||
4. | Alborada 1 | 11. | Arriere-Pays | |||
5. | Short Story | 12. | For Tomasz | |||
6. | Lointain | 13. | Vriation | |||
7. | Alborda 2 | 14. | Serpent Echelle |