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Jazz Crescendos Galore!
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This week we have decided to create a playlist in which each song contains a remarkable crescendo... A playlist featuring only compositions that start slow and then build up and build up, sometimes slowly sometimes fast, but always inexorably.
Happy listening!
- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
- Ibrahim Electric "The Afribians Are Coming" Rumours from Outer Space (ILK) 0:17
- Host talks 6:18
- Kresten Osgood "I'm Black (dedicated to Alvin Queen)" Hammond Rens (ILK) 8:19
- Lounge Lizards "Queen of All Ears" Queen of All Ears (Strange and Beautiful) 21:50
- Host talks 27:08
- Michael Blake "Elevated" Elevated (Knitting Factory Works) 28:42
- Ben Allison "Buzz" Buzz (Palmetto) 35:03
- Michel Portal "Take the Portal" Mineapolis We Insist! (EmArcy) 42:52
- Host talks 50:49
- Esbjorn Svensson Trio "Premonition: I. Earth" Leucocyte (ACT) 53:09
- Host talks 1:09:00
- Jaga Jazzist "Lithuania" A Livingroom Hush (Ninja Tune) 1:09:59
- Marc Johnson's Right Brain Patrol "J.P." Magic Labyrinth (JMT) 1:18:29
- David Binney "New York Nature" South (ACT) 1:26:31
- Host talks 1:34:52
- Richie Barshay "Sycamore" Sanctuary (Self-released) 1:36:55
- Jon Irabagon "That Was Then" Outright (Innova) 1:43:51
- Tim Berne "Not Sure" Snakeoil (ECM) 1:48:42
- Host talks 1:57:19
- Nik Bärtsch's Ronin "Modul 58" Awase (ECM) 2:00:50
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