Unexplained Phenomena
2011 live album by Rob Brown
Unexplained Phenomena | ||||
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Live album by Rob Brown | ||||
Released | 2011 | |||
Recorded | June 23, 2010 | |||
Venue | Abrons Arts Center, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:14 | |||
Label | Marge | |||
Producer | Gérard Terronès | |||
Rob Brown chronology | ||||
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Unexplained Phenomena is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown, which was recorded live at the 2010 Vision Festival and released on the French Marge label. He leads a new quartet with vibraphonist Matt Moran, bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Gerald Cleaver.[1]
Reception
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The Down Beat review states:[2]
Brown shows that he also can conform to conventions, which is reflected in the structure of the pieces and the instrumentation. Ironically, the saxophonist’s playing is sonically more extreme: proof that even though Brown’s tone has been getting more polished over the years, its ferocity and tartness always come back to the fore when he is at his most incandescent.
— Alain Drouot
Track listing
- All compositions by Rob Brown
- "Kite" – 11:00
- "Wonder/Wander Off" – 9:56
- "Tic Toc" – 8:42
- "Lurking/Looking" – 11:51
- "Bell Tone" – 13:45
Personnel
- Rob Brown – alto sax
- Matt Moran – vibraphone
- Chris Lightcap – bass
- Gerald Cleaver – drums
References
- ^ Original Liner Notes by Steve Dalachinsky
- ^ a b Drouot, Alain. Unexplained Phenomena review. Down Beat September 11: page 55. Print.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- 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)