Memory Is an Elephant

Memory Is an Elephant Artist: Tin Hat Trio
Label: Angel Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724355678621
EAN: 0724355678621
ASIN: B00000HZQ6


Release Date: 1999-02-23

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Listmania:

  1. Good Stuff pt. 1
  2. Towards a Dream That Dreams Itself
  3. Gadgets for People with Short-Term Memory... What Was I Saying

Tracks:

  1. Fire Of Ada
  2. Foreign Legion
  3. Big Top
  4. Orbly Resting
  5. Uc Irvine/Uc Davis
  6. Waltz Of The Skyscraper
  7. The Would-be Czarina
  8. The Quick Marble Tromble
  9. Somniloquy
  10. Lambrackroar
  11. Thinuette

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars CHARMING & ENGROSSING.......2001-04-22

After hearing a feature on Tin Hat Trio on N.P.R. and then reading the on-line reviews of their CD "Memory Is An Elephant," I bought the album and cannot remember ever hearing anything quite like it.

I guess it's the combination of instruments: accordian, pump organ, toy piano, several strings, mandolin, etc. that give their music such an unusual feel. I was at once reminded of klezmer, of Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt, of Italian film scores, of Eastern European contemporary chamber music...and yet this music is totally individual: mysterious and playful, charming and engrossing.

I recommend it to anyone who wants a totally accessible musical adventure---even with that vocal during the final moments which, had it gone on any longer, would have spoiled my good time.

5 out of 5 stars ah yes.......2000-07-01

the tin hat trio is an extremely talented group. the compositions that are very odd from a conventional standpoint beautifully complement the instrumentation. carla kihlstedt's playing style on the violin is wild at times but retains the clean precision that defines a good musician. mark orton, the guitarist, impresses me a great deal, and his performance on this album is as good as it is unconventional. what i often find when i listen to music produced by good musicians is that i admire thier techniques, but do not like their styles. this album however, consists of well written, complex, and musical pieces performed by very competent and obviously inspired musicians. i recommmend it.

2 out of 5 stars Bucking the reviewers' trend..........1999-10-05

I purchased this CD based largely upon the previous listeners' reviews, which were unanimously positive. My reaction was consistently negative. I found the tracks to be repetitive, sounding like a disoriented Klezmer band in a futile and random search for its ethnic roots. Discordant, disconnected and distracting.

5 out of 5 stars Flowing.......1999-09-23

I recently saw the Trio at the Monterey Music Festival and they were great! You can hear the classical as well as the street sound in their music. It gives one a sense of being in a foreign circus, as well as on the streets of San Francisco listening to street players. I recomend this to everyone.

5 out of 5 stars A fabulous album; jazz at its most musical and evocative.......1999-03-18

Memory Is an Elephant is the most uplifting CD I have ever listened to. It is jazz at its most musical, evocative and uplifting. Its melodies are transporting, its rhythmns delightfully complex, and the dynamic range reveals a most mature musiciality. Accordion, guitar and violin--the latter particularly rich and subtle. "Foreign Legion" evokes desert mirages; "Waltz of the Skyscraper" makes me want to draw it in animation; "The Would-Be Czarina" makes my heart yearn for a mythical lost love; "Orbly Resting" and "Somniloquy" take chamber jazz into a new dimension. I can't stop listening to it!

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  3. Diamond in the Rough ~ Roy Hargrove
  4. Burnin' ~ Jimmy Bruno
  5. Afro-American Sketches ~ Oliver Nelson
  6. Two Guitars ~ Kenny Burrell with Jimmy Raney
  7. Serenity ~ Stan Getz
  8. Conquistador ~ Cecil Taylor
  9. In Your Eyes ~ George Benson
  10. First Thangs ~ Parliament

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Come Outside With: Definitive Collection Singles ~ Mike Sarne

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Oh You Want More ~ Ty , and Roots Manuva