| Ho, Fred & The Green Monster Big Band / Year Of The Tiger |
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| Album: | Year Of The Tiger | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ho, Fred & The Green Monster Big Band | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-03-20 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 12, 2022: | Music Casserole The Quick Of My Being | 4. | Dec 28, 2011: | Morning Glory "Best Of 2011" Bad (Very, Very Baaad!) | |
| 2. | Feb 05, 2022: | Everything Fire | 5. | May 07, 2011: | Music Casserole Jonny Quest Theme | |
| 3. | May 09, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Jonny Quest Theme | 6. | May 03, 2011: | Bisous Bijoux Bad (Very, Very Baaad!) |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-03-19 | ||
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FRED HO’S GREEN MONSTER BIG BAND: Year of the Tiger Innova, 2011 TWISTED BIG BAND – Baritone saxophonist Ho and a band stocked with talented avant-leaning players (Hafez Modirzadeh, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum, etc.) take on Michael Jackson and Jimi Hendrix in the first half of this surprising CD. The band has a crazed, lumpy sound, always several degrees “off” from where you expect them to be. The Hendrix tunes are amazing. The other highlight is “Take the Zen Train,” (7-12) a suite that’s Ho’s warped take on Ellingtonia by way of free jazz. Wild stuff. Note: 2-4 are a medley, so the endings are very sudden. Fo’s Picks: 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 1. 4:05 – action cartoon theme: rollicking, like a train about to jump the tracks 2. 5:05 – MJ 1: skewed soul w/nice fem vocals, dirty keyboard, trombone 3. 4:35 – MJ 2: rolling groove w/voc, frequent small breakdowns, hot horns 4. 11:08 – MJ 3: awkward start/end, but band is hot & spoken word is just insane 5. 3:33 – Jimi Hendrix soul warped & melted by wild horns, spanglish vox 6. 4:57 – Hendrix psychedelic march: layered vocal paranoia, riotous horns 7. 3:46 – swing fanfare falls apart, bari sax & trumpet scrawl all over walking bass 8. 2:28 – huge, lumbering theme teeters on the edge, threatens to topple over 9. 6:32 – heavy, slow-churn groove: solos flit and flare, warble and mope 10. 2:53 – hypnotic odd-meter spiral, charged with strange harmonies 11. 3:06 – slouching big band, Ellington harmonies after a few drinks too many 12. 3:22 – uptempo, careening with bubbly space guitar and tight horn turns 13. 6:02 – 2 choirs (kids & adults) sing martial arts anthem, then free jazz blowing 14. 8:00 – modern-operatic chorus over rolling jazz groove (Antony & Cleopatra) [ Fo ] 03/19/11 | ||
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