Name: Elusive Creatures by Michael Rosen
Brand: Michael Rosen
SKU: 8058253043888
Price: 7.92 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (56 reviews)

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Left Behind View on Youtube

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For a Friend View on Youtube

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The debut album by an American saxophonist on an Italian label with a stellar Italian rhythm section is a laudatory feat. Rosen is a composer and musician of vast ability, and the way the listener notices these gifts is by what he doesn't do. Rosen plays -- as do his wondrous sidemen, bassist Paolino Della Porta and drummer Giampiero Prina -- with great understatement and grace, allowing the tune to do its own work in the hearts of the musicians. The deceptive logic at the soul of Rosen's playing, allowing his soprano to touch -- with deft feints and whirling twists -- on skeins of notes all falling directly into the melodic pocket of the tune, is a large sense of harmonic richness that comes from having no piano. He and Prina are freed from the strict rigors of harmonic consonance by the absence of the mediator of those harmonies, the pianist. As Rosen's soprano -- or his tenor for that matter -- becomes a singer, his solos take on the weight of the musics he plays without taking on their baggage. Check the dazzling arpeggios in "Charming the Snake" or the awesome lyrical beauty of "Starry Notes," where Rosen begins the tune a cappella and then turns his melody inside out once the band enters and he and Prina can "speak" to one another in the intervallic void. The bluesy soul that emanates from his horn then becomes the same elementary force of nature that made tunes like "Chelsea Bridge" possible in so many different settings. This is a very auspicious debut, by a quiet yet terribly gifted young player. Let's hope somebody else takes note soon. ~ Thom Jurek

1. Harmonic Dance

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

2. Starry Notes

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

3. Left Behind

by Michael Rosen

Featured Artist: Left Behind; Main Performer
Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

4. Charming the Snake

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

5. Sweet 18

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

6. For a Friend

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

7. Perìs Scope

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Bill Evans; Composer
Author: Bill Evans; Production

8. Birdsongs

by Michael Rosen

Primary Artist: Michael Rosen; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Rosen; Performer
Composer: Alan Michael Rosen; Composer
Author: Alan Michael Rosen; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

8 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

53 minutes and 34 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

No lyrics found

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Label

Splasc(h) Records

Music Distribution Service

Believe Digital

Country

Italy

Language

No linguistic content

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Release Date

Dec 31, 1995

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

8058253043888

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Elusive Creatures

1. Harmonic Dance

2. Starry Notes

3. Left Behind

4. Charming the Snake

5. Sweet 18

6. For a Friend

7. Perìs Scope

8. Birdsongs

Technical Specifications

Elusive Creatures

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1. Harmonic Dance

2. Starry Notes

3. Left Behind

4. Charming the Snake

5. Sweet 18

6. For a Friend

7. Perìs Scope

8. Birdsongs

Technical Specifications