Radiant Pools
Radiant Pools | ||||
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Studio album by Rob Brown | ||||
Released | 2005 | |||
Recorded | July 13, 2004 | |||
Studio | Peter Karl Audio Services, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 57:49 | |||
Label | RogueArt | |||
Producer | Michel Dorbon | |||
Rob Brown chronology | ||||
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Radiant Pools is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown which was recorded in 2004 and released on the French RogueArt label. He leads a quartet with Steve Swell on trombone, Joe Morris on double bass instead of guitar and Luther Gray on drums.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "What makes this recording particularly successful is the fine interplay between Brown and Swell. The pieces often feature exciting but subtle dialogues and counterpoint. The pair's ideas are carefully developed and their attention to detail pays dividends as the two musicians stimulate and/or support one another."[1]
In a double review for All About Jazz, Clifford Allen observes that "Where Morris' music can suggest a somber Mark Rothko-like atmosphere, even in its most lickety-split moments, the music of Rob Brown suggests an urbane fauvism not unlike the paintings of Bob Thompson."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Rob Brown except as indicated
- "Boxed Set" (Steve Swell) – 6:32
- "Semantics-1" (Brown/Swell/Morris/Gray) – 9:51
- "Out of the Lurch" – 5:35
- "Radiant Pools" – 7:40
- "King Cobra" (Joe Morris) – 8:48
- "Semantics-2" (Brown/Swell/Morris/Gray) – 9:27
- "Swarm Village" – 9:41
Personnel
- Rob Brown – alto sax, flute
- Steve Swell - trombone
- Joe Morris – bass
- Luther Gray – drums
References
- ^ a b Drouot, Alain. Rob Brown – Radiant Pools: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ Allen, Clifford. Radiant Pools review at All About Jazz
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- Sonic Explorations (with Matthew Shipp, 1987)
- Breath Rhyme (1989)
- Youniverse (1992)
- Illuminate (with Joe Morris, 1993)
- High Wire (1993)
- Orbit (with Guerino Mazzola and Heinz Geisser, 1996)
- Scratching the Surface (with Lou Grassi, 1997)
- Visage (1998)
- Jumping Off the Page (2000)
- Round the Bend (2001)
- Likewise (with Joe Morris and Luther Gray, 2003)
- The Big Picture (2003)
- Radiant Pools (2004)
- Sounds (2006)
- Right Hemisphere (with Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, and Whit Dickey, 2006)
- Crown Trunk Root Funk (2007)
- Blink of an Eye (with Matthew Shipp, 1996)
- We Are Not Obstinate Islands (with Steve Swell and Harris Eisenstadt, 2004)
- Live at Firehouse 12 (2007)
- Unexplained Phenomena (2010)
- Unknown Skies (2010)