Ellis, Mike / Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite
Album: | Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Ellis, Mike | Added: | Dec 2007 | |
Label: | Alpha Pocket |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2008-02-24 | Pull Date: | 2008-04-27 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Mar 16 | Mar 2 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 25, 2008: | Memory Select
Part 12 |
3. | Mar 14, 2008: | Memory Select
Part 9 |
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2. | Apr 18, 2008: | Memory Select: Glennie/Frith preview
Part 4 |
4. | Feb 29, 2008: | Memory Select
Part 2 [excerpt] |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-02-22
Reviewed 2008-02-22
Abstract improvisation from a horn-heavy quintet, mostly keeping to a jazzy feel but with touches of European "sound experiment" improv.
The 1- and 2-minute snippets are some of the best tracks, with a fun and direct approach -- they'd make nice interludes during any show. Longer tracks, such as the first three, tend to wander and favor a slower atmosphere -- rewarding, but requiring more patience.
Doesn't compare well to some of the improv efforts out of Europe (one jazz-related example being Tony Bianco and Paul Dunmall's "Hour Glass" album) ... the five members seem a bit too cautious, and that can bog down some of the longer tracks.
1- Perky horns at start; slows to a groaning middle section.
2- Long track. Starts with bruising aggression, later slips into a quieter, jazzy sound
3- Slow, bleating. Almost a jazzy feel. Some cool fast soloing near the end.
4- Brisk, jazzy, breezy
5- Perky fast chamber music, a bit fun
7- Burly baritone sax & jazzy drum rolling
8- A quick-stepping march, feels incomplete
9- Gets into some almost straight-jazz soloing and a fast toe-tapping triple-solo segment, after a quiet start. Mid/fast, nice.
10- Some dramatic bowed bass....
11- Slow horns
13- Careful horn lines, not entirely successful.
14- Drum solo: careful snare work
15- Bass solo
16- Solo bass trumpet
17- Solo trumpet
18- Fluttery sax solo
19- Spirited group improv, fairly fast, short.
The 1- and 2-minute snippets are some of the best tracks, with a fun and direct approach -- they'd make nice interludes during any show. Longer tracks, such as the first three, tend to wander and favor a slower atmosphere -- rewarding, but requiring more patience.
Doesn't compare well to some of the improv efforts out of Europe (one jazz-related example being Tony Bianco and Paul Dunmall's "Hour Glass" album) ... the five members seem a bit too cautious, and that can bog down some of the longer tracks.
1- Perky horns at start; slows to a groaning middle section.
2- Long track. Starts with bruising aggression, later slips into a quieter, jazzy sound
3- Slow, bleating. Almost a jazzy feel. Some cool fast soloing near the end.
4- Brisk, jazzy, breezy
5- Perky fast chamber music, a bit fun
7- Burly baritone sax & jazzy drum rolling
8- A quick-stepping march, feels incomplete
9- Gets into some almost straight-jazz soloing and a fast toe-tapping triple-solo segment, after a quiet start. Mid/fast, nice.
10- Some dramatic bowed bass....
11- Slow horns
13- Careful horn lines, not entirely successful.
14- Drum solo: careful snare work
15- Bass solo
16- Solo bass trumpet
17- Solo trumpet
18- Fluttery sax solo
19- Spirited group improv, fairly fast, short.
Track Listing
1. | Part 1 | 10. | Part 10 | |||
2. | Part 2 | 11. | Part 11 | |||
3. | Part 3 | 12. | Part 12 | |||
4. | Part 4 | 13. | Part 13 | |||
5. | Part 5 | 14. | Part 14 | |||
6. | Part 6 | 15. | Part 15 | |||
7. | Part 7 | 16. | Part 16 | |||
8. | Part 8 | 17. | Part 17 | |||
9. | Part 9 | 18. | Part 18 | |||
19. | Part 19 |