Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch / This We Know
Album: This We Know   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Moore, Michael & Fred Hersch   Added:Oct 2008
Label:Palmetto Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-12-21 Pull Date: 2009-02-22 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 15 Feb 8 Feb 1 Jan 25 Jan 11 Jan 4
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 14, 2009: Music Casserole
Bedtime Story
4. Jan 30, 2009: Memory Select
Four In One
2. Feb 06, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Bedtime Story
5. Jan 21, 2009: The B-Side
Four In One
3. Feb 04, 2009: Hand Wash in Coleslaw
Langrage
6. Jan 09, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Canzona

Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2008-12-19
Hersch's lush piano meets the jazzy but artsy clarinet/sax of Michael Moore (not the filmmaker). Moore is better known for a quirky style of Dutch jazz, but in an accessible way, with hints of Klezmer. Hersch is more mainstream but gets pushed into some off-color tricks (moments of track 3, e.g.) Overall mood is like a velvety film noir, hushed and heavy.

By the way, this pairing isn't so random: The two guys have known each other since 1975.

1- Soft, romantic. Quiet New England autumn leaves.
2- Light, dancing
3- Slow, heavy. Moore gets into squeaky, piping notes
4- Light and fleeting. Sounds like something Myra Melford would do: A lilting, sunny ballet that doesn't fit the usual jazz mold but wouldn't feel out of place in a jazz club.
5- Drifting but assertive. Touches of blues in the later soloing.
6- Upbeat. Bouncy jazz-standard feel.
7- Classical feel, delicate
8- Mid/fast.
9- Wandering and wistful
10- Mid/fast; soft but perky. Gets bouncy. Klezmer hints.
11- Mid/fast but softly content.

Track Listing
1. Aquellos Ojos Verdes   7. This We Know
2. Bedtime Story   8. Lee's Dream
3. The Sad Bird   9. Sandwiches & Brandy
4. Four In One   10. Langrage
5. Spirit Of '76   11. Canzona
6. Doce De Coco   .