| Bang On A Can & Don Byron / A Ballad For Many |
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| Album: | A Ballad For Many | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Bang On A Can & Don Byron | Added: | Nov 2006 | |
| Label: | Cantaloupe Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-02-04 | Pull Date: | 2007-04-08 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Feb 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 25, 2017: | Waste FM Vi | 4. | Feb 16, 2007: | Memory Select Integrity, Eugene (part III) | |
| 2. | Mar 29, 2007: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Credits | 5. | Feb 13, 2007: | Jena and Gomorrah Basquiat | |
| 3. | Mar 23, 2007: | Memory Select Eugene [sections IV - VI] | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2007-01-30 | ||
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Liner notes says “its not a rock band, not a jazz combo, not a chamber ensemble. Its all three. Only different.” I’d say that sums it up far better than I can (if anything its more of the latter). Don Byron leads these compositions with clarinet. Piano is probably the next foremost instrument. Bang on a Can is an ongoing project of noted musicians, including Eno and others. This stuff is very composed, very orchestral, cinematic. Reminds me a lot of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic or soundtrack music. Many tracks brief, like tiny acts in a play. Hard to describe, just listen, cuz its very listenable. 1) cinematic, urgent, brief 2) angular but rhythmic 3) brief 4) percussion heavy at first, halting, lots of good strings 5) brief, cartoonish 6) pensive, upbeat, dynamic 7) pensive and busier 8) string/piano heavy 9) brief, spiraling 10 pretty and slow, very nice guitar melodies coming through, a nice respite, grows intense 11) marching drums, feel 12) very classic, Leonard Bernstien’esque composed melody, wow 13) very brief 14) slow passages 15) military march feel, ode to the Tuskegee Airmen 16) brief, looped simple melody gets rich quick 17) more marching beat, military melody feel 18) very brief, sad cello/viola 19) jazzy for sure, some funky guitar in there, swingy funky 20) piano, the only track with voices, man and woman saying town names, stats, gets rockin, louder drumming and some searing guitar, cool! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | I | 11. | Integrity | |||
| 2. | Ii | 12. | Silver Wings | |||
| 3. | Iii | 13. | Despite A Barrage | |||
| 4. | Iv | 14. | Explanation | |||
| 5. | V | 15. | 450 Tuskegee Airmen | |||
| 6. | Vi | 16. | You Can Fly | |||
| 7. | Fyodorovich | 17. | Finally In 1941 | |||
| 8. | Blinky | 18. | Fortunately | |||
| 9. | Spin | 19. | Credits | |||
| 10. | Basquiat | 20. | Show Him Some Lub |