(Fusion, Post-Bop, Funk) [CD] Stephen Small - Slow Drag - 2009, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Stephen Small - Slow Drag Жанр: Fusion, Post-Bop, Funk Носитель: CD Страна-производитель диска (релиза): Новая Зеландия Год издания: 2009 Издатель (лейбл): SDL Music Номер по каталогу: SCD8046 Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 63:58 Источник (релизер): hemminm (what) Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: нетТреклист: 01. Embarcadero 4AM (4:41) 02. Fickle Business (6:59) 03. Snake Hips (7:09) 04. Departure (5:37) 05. Road Trip (6:00) 06. Warm Bed/Cold Heart (5:48) 07. Hot Buttered (7:45) 08. JamF (8:20) 09. ACB (3:32) 10. Compound Fracture (8:07)Состав: Stephen Small - keyboards Hayden Wharewaka - drums (#1) Rob Galley - guitar (#8)All songs composed, programmed and performed by Stephen Small.  Лог проверки качества -----------------------DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE-----------------------PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.6.0 RC1 build 1.6.0.1Copyright (c) 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reservedhttp://y-soft.orgANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.FILE: 10 - Compound Fracture.flac Size: 49692782 Hash: 6A1F5E0C35DEC0A7C6201A9356FB660B Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 5594BAF93733F82695E9F2A0C42039FF5EABD30BFILE: 09 - ACB.flac Size: 9412189 Hash: 68E83906848E7F5DFA831CE374F6BA95 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: MPEG 97% Signature: 1F2E53C0A81F24DFD003F1B0FF9B665ED1E68834FILE: 08 - JamF.flac Size: 49537057 Hash: E5C13E012C6DD20FAEEBF0604EC4F3CD Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: FDA3AB3F8C0A59F74F219B2D61BF0D80166AC0AEFILE: 07 - Hot Buttered.flac Size: 43031195 Hash: F01C1F34CA6B28A19765633D40A67EA7 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: D73DC3A9B4122E23C962294F617AA497DA20AA40FILE: 06 - Warm Bed,Cold Heart.flac Size: 33789480 Hash: B2FAE46787C528EAE95DEC1703A6DAB8 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 0AA47D0A27A798F0107BC73DF2C2C3B846B854B2FILE: 05 - Road Trip.flac Size: 39075901 Hash: 7D911A5A0AE73BFBB1CE200E447ABE7C Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: MPEG 90% Signature: 9FA9F4056B7D7D8C61F9324700E5AF6424C65FF8FILE: 04 - Departure.flac Size: 30883871 Hash: 6BE74728C571519D7161465FB4E9FD81 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 7FF720234BFEBEA246D3A16305DCE77528FF81FAFILE: 03 - Snake Hips.flac Size: 40506355 Hash: 67848E2786DA40571B60B37FF5B4B0FD Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: CECCD7452576375C582510966C0289F5FF1DDA0DFILE: 02 - Fickle Business.flac Size: 38576762 Hash: FCC57BF844AEE18B6B7F581F628A534B Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: A5CF2C7EB0C1F59BA45F16216D0E753D7E60F275FILE: 01 - Embarcadero 4AM.flac Size: 23059537 Hash: E55C7881356A71BD54BEA59E19246767 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: D3C3267CBFF53A41B0BB8603C1C5FAEDE9A09D87  Review by Jacob ConnorAlthough this is his debut solo album, keyboard and piano player Stephen Small has been around the block, musically speaking. Currently a member of Autozamm, studio session band Pop Science, NZ Musician song columnist and a music lecturer at Auckland University, the man knows his chops. Sax greats John Coltrane and Michael Brecker are singled out as influences. I’m hearing Herbie Hancock and (perhaps incongruously) the acid jazz of The James Taylor Quartet. Skirting around bop, jazz funk and exotica, the keyboard tones have a pleasingly crummy decay. It’s precise without being fussy, virtuoso but not superfluous. Road Trip boasts a ’70s clav funk vibe. Departure leads with widescreen piano into a squelchy midsection workout before dumping you back on a forlorn beach at low tide. Throughout, notes and tones evoke memory traces from the history of modern music. The solo in JamF is pure Mummenschanz. Non-afficionados may find the instrumental hour a long ride, but this much care and attention will finesse an appreciative ear. A voice in Warm Bed/Cold Heart seems to offer reproach with an echoed refrain of “amateur”. Or is this sly self-deprecation? No matter, Small is a maestro and ‘Slow Drag’ a masterful expression of his prodigious skill.