Abbasi, Rez / Things To Come
| Album: | Things To Come | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Abbasi, Rez | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Sunnyside Communications | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-12-27 | Pull Date: | 2010-02-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 14 | Feb 7 | Jan 17 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 12, 2012: | Jazz Catharsis
Realities Of Chromaticism |
4. | Feb 08, 2010: | Palo Alto Pop Overthrow
Things To Come |
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| 2. | May 13, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Why Me Why Them, Dream State |
5. | Feb 05, 2010: | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue
Insulin |
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| 3. | Mar 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Air Traffic |
6. | Feb 05, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Why Me Why Them |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-12-24
Reviewed 2009-12-24
REZ ABBASI: Things to Come
Sunnyside, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Abbasi is a very fine Pakistani-American guitarist, whose sinuous style and fuzzed/ringing tone may be familiar from Rudresh Mahanthappa’s recent work or other recordings blending modern jazz ideas with elements of South Asian music. Here Abbasi leads a strong band with Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer and singer Kiran Ahluwalia through a serious set of very thoughtful, chewy tunes.
Rez Abbasi - guitars
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax
Vijay Iyer - piano
Johannes Weidenmueller - bass
Dan Weiss - drums
Kiran Ahluwalia - vocals (2,3,4,6)
Mike Block - cello (2,7)
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6
1. 7:54 – thick compound rhythm, brooding: bright piano & sax, gritty guitar
2. 8:02 – quiet mystery: winding vocal, inquisitive sax, incisive guitar
3. 7:03 – ponderous feel, complex rhythm, acrobatic vocal, drifts & rushes
4. 1:57 – delicate guitar/vocal interlude
5. 7:28 – lilting melody slides into knotty guitar/sax dialogue; cool drum work
6. 10:57 – catchy/floating: sweet guitar & vox, sax has an edge, piano surge
7. 9:04 – intriguing harmonies; shifting theme; solos splash and spray
8. 5:31 – upbeat & twisty, bass solo calms it down, then everyone dives in
[ Fo ] 12/24/09
Sunnyside, 2009
MODERN JAZZ – Abbasi is a very fine Pakistani-American guitarist, whose sinuous style and fuzzed/ringing tone may be familiar from Rudresh Mahanthappa’s recent work or other recordings blending modern jazz ideas with elements of South Asian music. Here Abbasi leads a strong band with Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer and singer Kiran Ahluwalia through a serious set of very thoughtful, chewy tunes.
Rez Abbasi - guitars
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax
Vijay Iyer - piano
Johannes Weidenmueller - bass
Dan Weiss - drums
Kiran Ahluwalia - vocals (2,3,4,6)
Mike Block - cello (2,7)
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6
1. 7:54 – thick compound rhythm, brooding: bright piano & sax, gritty guitar
2. 8:02 – quiet mystery: winding vocal, inquisitive sax, incisive guitar
3. 7:03 – ponderous feel, complex rhythm, acrobatic vocal, drifts & rushes
4. 1:57 – delicate guitar/vocal interlude
5. 7:28 – lilting melody slides into knotty guitar/sax dialogue; cool drum work
6. 10:57 – catchy/floating: sweet guitar & vox, sax has an edge, piano surge
7. 9:04 – intriguing harmonies; shifting theme; solos splash and spray
8. 5:31 – upbeat & twisty, bass solo calms it down, then everyone dives in
[ Fo ] 12/24/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Dream State | 5. | Why Me Why Them | |||
| 2. | Air Traffic | 6. | Within Sanity | |||
| 3. | Hard Colors | 7. | Realities Of Chromaticism | |||
| 4. | Things To Come | 8. | Insulin |