Time Is Of The Essence
ASIN: B0000296PM
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Tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker has offered his horn to countless studio sessions since the late 1960s, many including his own bands. Purists might have considered Brecker's reputation sullied by his association with fusion--especially as performed in the 1970s by the Brecker Brothers, which featured him alongside his brother Randy on trumpet, and later by Steps Ahead--but since the mid-1980s, the tenorist has been on a post-bop roll. Time Is of the Essence extends Brecker's broad command of the styles pioneered during the mid-1960s. He's playing with a veritable supergroup, Pat Metheny adding efficient strums and riffs on guitar and Larry Goldings pillowing the atmosphere on a Hammond B3 organ. Three drummers alternate on the session, with the great Elvin Jones making the most turbulent storm and Bill Stewart providing the most detailed textures. Jeff "Tain" Watts mixes Jones's romping power with a sense of the delicate, loaning Brecker's melodies an added dimension. For his part, Brecker plays hard and fast with absolute proficiency. The tunes are gutsy and sharp, with lots of creative soloing and up-tempo energy. --Andrew Bartlett
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Michael Brecker Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B0000296PM Release Date: 1999-11-02 |
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Tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker has offered his horn to countless studio sessions since the late 1960s, many including his own bands. Purists might have considered Brecker's reputation sullied by his association with fusion--especially as performed in the 1970s by the Brecker Brothers, which featured him alongside his brother Randy on trumpet, and later by Steps Ahead--but since the mid-1980s, the tenorist has been on a post-bop roll. Time Is of the Essence extends Brecker's broad command of the styles pioneered during the mid-1960s. He's playing with a veritable supergroup, Pat Metheny adding efficient strums and riffs on guitar and Larry Goldings pillowing the atmosphere on a Hammond B3 organ. Three drummers alternate on the session, with the great Elvin Jones making the most turbulent storm and Bill Stewart providing the most detailed textures. Jeff "Tain" Watts mixes Jones's romping power with a sense of the delicate, loaning Brecker's melodies an added dimension. For his part, Brecker plays hard and fast with absolute proficiency. The tunes are gutsy and sharp, with lots of creative soloing and up-tempo energy. --Andrew Bartlett
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Time Is of the Essence
Fort Lauderdale Manufacturer: O Shore ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00005NI8M Release Date: 2003-12-02 |
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Second album from the duo whose literary inspiration is 'crazy sex and bad drugs'. Time Is Of The Essence is a captivating record filled with influences ranging from Bowie to Pink Floyd and from The Beatles to John Barry, constantly playing with emotions and feeling like a sixties futuristic soundtrack. Q magazine gave it 3 stars. Signed to Memphis Industries which is also home to the like minded chill out team of 'Blue States'. 2001.
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Time Is of the Essence; The Essence Is Beyond Time
Other Dimensions in Music With Matthew Shipp Manufacturer: Aum Fidelity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz
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ASIN: B00004NRXN Release Date: 2000-03-07 |
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Toward the end of 1999, pianist Matthew Shipp announced a recording hiatus. This project, recorded in 1997 and featuring bassist William Parker, drummer Rashid Bakr, trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr. and saxist Daniel Carter, gives fans of Shipp a recent glimpse into his thunderous improvisations. Shipp works with rumbling blocks of notes that he stacks around a composition. Since the work of Shipp and his cohorts is fully improvised, this solid foundation goes a long way in establishing the tone and direction of the music. To be sure, Shipp is in good company here. Parker is widely regarded as the bassist of the avant-garde, while both Campbell and Bakr enjoy growing reputations. Here, it is Parker who jumps to the fore. Accommodating Shipp's stabbing note-jolts with the deft bob and weave of a boxer, or leading Campbell's trumpet into the stratosphere with his arresting bow work, the bassist seems everywhere at once. Saxist Carter, while certainly a skilled, veteran improviser, seems content to observe the proceedings from a safer distance, offering quick commentary from the sidelines and occasionally jumping into the fray to tangle with Campbell. That's not to say that this is a high-octane free-jazz blowout. True to form, Shipp and Parker both excel at varying tone and tempo, creating textures that both excite and offer moments of contemplation. While not as epic as many of the Parker/Shipp conversations previously documented, Essence is still remarkable in the huge portion of ideas it digests, as well as the playing that manages to be both startlingly new yet confidently reassuring and brave. --S. Duda
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Back 2 tha Essence
Levi Stress Manufacturer: Recycled Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000BNOKCU Release Date: 2005-10-05 |
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Dope rhymes dope beats that good ol feel of hip hop when it was fresh to be yourself to do you neva follow|
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Time Is a Essence, Pt. 2
T.H.U.G. Committee Manufacturer: T.H.U.G COMMITTEE ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000CAA2GU Release Date: 2003-05-06 |
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ASIN: B000MQ4ZM6 Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
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Time Is of the Essence
Michael Brecker Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00003IQQW Release Date: 1999-10-20 |
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Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Lunation.Jazz Music: