Early Americans

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Early Americans
Early Americans - cover.jpg
Studio album by
Jane Ira Bloom
ReleasedMay 13, 2016
RecordedJuly 16–17, 2015
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length52:18
Label Outline Records
Producer Jane Ira Bloom, Jim Anderson
Jane Ira Bloom chronology
Sixteen Sunsets
(2013)		Early Americans
(2016)		 Wild Lines
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Absolute Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Tom Hull A− [4]

Early Americans is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. [5] The album was released on May 13, 2016, by Outline Records label. This is her 16th album as a band leader. [3] The album received the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album in 2018. [6]

Contents

Reception

Mark Sullivan of All About Jazz wrote, "The whole program is full of variety, beautiful and exploratory at the same time. The trio format works so well that it is surprising that Bloom hasn't used it before. I'd love to hear more from these three." [2] Alain Drouot of DownBeat stated, "The saxophonist could not have produced such startling results if she had not first assembled such a vital trio. Helias’ strumming, arco work and plucking reveal a wealth of subtleties and an endless variety, and Previte provides irresistible propulsion, rich and vivid with color." [3] JazzTimes 's Britt Robson commented, "Nearly 40 years and now 16 albums into her career, the soprano saxophonist has the pellucid tone and timbre that merit the sunlight and scrutiny of a spare ensemble." [7] Duck Baker of The Absolute Sound noted, "Bloom for her part sounds relaxed and masterful on this, her first trio date, delivering one of the most convincing documents in a long and valuable career." [1] Britt Robson of JazzTimes wrote, "Bloom again asserts her status as the preeminent soprano in jazz.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jane Ira Bloom except track 13 written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

No.TitleLength
1."Song Patrol"2:59
2."Dangerous Times"4:21
3."Nearly (For Kenny Wheeler)"1:52
4."Hips & Sticks"5:34
5."Singing the Triangle"5:23
6."Other Eyes"3:06
7."Rhyme or Rhythm"3:24
8."Mind Gray River"5:29
9."Cornets of Paradise"3:32
10."Say More"3:54
11."Gateway to Progress"5:48
12."Big Bill"4:23
13."Somewhere"2:33
Total length:52:18

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Baker, Duck (February 27, 2017). "Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans". The Absolute Sound . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Sullivan, Mark (May 14, 2016). "Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Drouot, Alain (May 2016). "DownBeat Reviews". DownBeat . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Jane Ira Bloom". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Early Americans - Jane Ira Bloom | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ {Grammy.com, 28 November 2017}
  7. ↑ Robson, Britt (April 25, 2019). "Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans". JazzTimes . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
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