Hwang, Jason Kao/Edge / Stories Before Within
| Album: | Stories Before Within | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hwang, Jason Kao/Edge | Added: | Jan 2008 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-03-09 | Pull Date: | 2008-05-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 4 | Apr 6 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 19, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Walking Pictures |
4. | May 02, 2008: | Music to Make Babies To, with Beatbeat Whisper
From East Sixth Street |
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| 2. | Jun 18, 2016: | Music Casserole
Cloud Call |
5. | Apr 04, 2008: | Memory Select
Walking Pictures |
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| 3. | May 02, 2008: | Memory Select
Cloud Call |
6. | Apr 04, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Cloud Call |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-03-09
Reviewed 2008-03-09
JASON KAO HWANG/EDGE: Stories Before Within
Innova, 2007
Top-notch avant-garde jazz with lots of originality: violin/cornet/bass/ drums. Designed as narratives, these challenging pieces nicely balance long improvisational stretches with episodic themes and interludes that give them a logical, directional feel. Everybody sounds good, but bassist Ken Filiano is really prominent and does some fabulous stuff.
All tracks excellent. Try any.
1. 10:33 – layered tick-tock themes & dramatic collisions separate solos; very cool improv dialogues between bass and other instruments.
2. 06:58 – chewy, swaggering bassline; off-kilter groove breaks down into chaos, slow sawing, busy clatter, then reconstitutes itself.
3. 10:22 – superb interaction: alternates a slow walk with a quiet, oozing creep; also noisy in places, and everybody gets a great solo.
4. 09:17 – Korean-style melody (also on Hwang’s “Local Lingo” CD) changes to a low tense groove, then some really spacious drum & bass solos
5. 14:05 – achingly slow melody adds one instrument at a time, gives way to angular jazz ballad; rhapsodic bowed bass solo, mysterious close
[ Fo ] 9-Mar-08
Innova, 2007
Top-notch avant-garde jazz with lots of originality: violin/cornet/bass/ drums. Designed as narratives, these challenging pieces nicely balance long improvisational stretches with episodic themes and interludes that give them a logical, directional feel. Everybody sounds good, but bassist Ken Filiano is really prominent and does some fabulous stuff.
All tracks excellent. Try any.
1. 10:33 – layered tick-tock themes & dramatic collisions separate solos; very cool improv dialogues between bass and other instruments.
2. 06:58 – chewy, swaggering bassline; off-kilter groove breaks down into chaos, slow sawing, busy clatter, then reconstitutes itself.
3. 10:22 – superb interaction: alternates a slow walk with a quiet, oozing creep; also noisy in places, and everybody gets a great solo.
4. 09:17 – Korean-style melody (also on Hwang’s “Local Lingo” CD) changes to a low tense groove, then some really spacious drum & bass solos
5. 14:05 – achingly slow melody adds one instrument at a time, gives way to angular jazz ballad; rhapsodic bowed bass solo, mysterious close
[ Fo ] 9-Mar-08
Track Listing
| 1. | Cloud Call | 4. | Third Sight | |||
| 2. | From East Sixth Street | 5. | Embers | |||
| 3. | Walking Pictures | . |