Caesura

Ramanan, Roland
Emanem
Jazz | Apr 2006

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-04-23
A peaceful, often sparse combination of free improv and some avant-classical-sounding composition. Ramanan's trumpet, often muted, is easily the lead voice, cutting through the background rustle of cello, bass, and drums. Some of the quieter tracks might make for good late-night surrealism; the louder ones are your usual free-improv act with some jazzy ties and lots of percussive sounds from Simon Fell on bass.

1- Lurching, deliciously awkward/slow theme on bass & cello. Around -5:00, cello riff sets up a brighter, faster phase.
2- Dreamy. Slowish and a bit sparse
3- Bass solo, includes lots of cool percussive/pizzacatto sounds. Spare and thoughtful overall. Pretty cool.
4- Wood flute. Calm start into a tense, eerie middle. Louder near end.
5- Fast fragmented-jazz feel.
6- Darkly disjoint, w/silent hole about 2/3 of the way through
7- Ominous bowed bass, through phases of slow, moody improv.
8- Very, very quiet, and slow. More audible jumble near the end.

Recent airplay

Bloom's Blues
Memory SelectJun 23, 2006
One Sty Bone
The Birthday SpecialJun 23, 2006
Post Part
Memory SelectJun 09, 2006
I No Em
Umami Jazz ProgramMay 16, 2006
I No Em
Memory SelectApr 28, 2006

Charting

2006-04-23 — 2006-06-25 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jun 25 2
Jun 11 1
May 21 1
Apr 30 1

Track listing

1. Bloom's Blues
2. I No Em
3. Marcel Duchamp
4. One Sty Bone
5. In A Different Circle Of
6. Post Part
7. Gardener In The Graveyard
8. Waiting For En And En