Like Silver, Like Song

Like Silver, Like Song
Studio album by Jane Ira Bloom
Released	April 15, 2005
Recorded	July 8–9, 2004
Studio	Avatar, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:34
Label	Artistshare
Producer	Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom chronology
Chasing Paint (2003) Like Silver, Like Song (2005) Mental Weather (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]
The Buffalo News	[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
Tom Hull	B+ [5]

Like Silver, Like Song is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, which was recorded in 2004 and released on April 15, 2005, by Artistshare label. ^{[6] [7]}

Reception

Ken Dryden of AllMusic wrote, "Jane Ira Bloom has been one of the more adventurous soprano saxophonists who straddles the edge of straight-ahead jazz without ever losing sight of great melody. Like Silver, Like Song is a quartet session... that should appeal to mainstream fans who are usually suspicious of the presence of electronic effects." ^[1] David Franklin of JazzTimes commented, "Bloom and her associates perform her thoughtful music with obvious empathy and consummate skill. The result is both captivating and refreshing." ^[8] Writing for All About Jazz , Eyal Hareuveni added, "Bloom writes simple and accessible melodies, but Dresser, Previte, and Saft spark these melodies and load them with tons of kinetic energy, spontaneity, and a sense of experimentalism that bring her ideas into full articulation. Like Silver, Like Song is a captivating achievement." ^[2] Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News noted, "It's a beautiful jazz quartet disc but one slightly out of balance. The snap, crackle, pop and bubble of electronic sound on it isn't nearly as forward-thinking and ear-opening as the free-form rhapsody and lyrical balladry is gorgeous and moving. The inescapable conclusion, then, is that this newest free-flowing quartet disc by Jane Ira Bloom presents great, formerly young jazz musicians only perfunctorily preserving musical freedom while truly relishing the deepest and most expressive parts of their natures." ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jane Ira Bloom except for track 4 written by Jane Ira Bloom and Jamie Saft, and track 13 written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dreaming in the Present Tense"	2:47
2.	"Unconscious Forces"	6:44
3.	"Singing in Stripes"	3:59
4.	"Altair 4"	2:26
5.	"Vanishing Hat"	9:14
6.	"White Light"	3:59
7.	"No Orchestra"	5:35
8.	"Magnetic"	4:18
9.	"In an Instant"	2:44
10.	"Mercury"	7:00
11.	"Night Skywriting"	2:43
12.	"Dark Knowledge"	2:11
13.	"I Have Dreamed"	3:30
14.	"Singing in Stripes"	6:24
Total length:		63:34

Personnel

• Jane Ira Bloom – saxophone (soprano), producing
• Mark Dresser – bass
• Bobby Previte – drums
• Jamie Saft – keyboards

References

1. Dryden, Ken (2005). "Jane Ira Bloom: Like Silver, Like Song". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
2. Hereuveni, Eyal (July 7, 2005). "Jane Ira Bloom: Like Silver, Like Song album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
3. Simon, Jeff (April 15, 2005). "DISCS". The Buffalo News . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. Hull, Tom. "Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 7th vs. 8th Editions". tomhull.com . Retrieved July 21, 2020.
5. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Jane Ira Bloom". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
6. Lock, Graham; Murray, David (2009). The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art. Oxford University Press. p. 354. ISBN   978-0-19-988767-5 . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
7. Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2008. p. 51. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
8. Franklin, David (July 1, 2005). "Jane Ira Bloom: Like Silver, Like Song". JazzTimes . Retrieved July 20, 2020.

External links

• Official website