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Citizenwayne
Nighthawks
Citizenwayne
Genres: Blues, International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
 
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German musicians Reiner Winterschladen (trumpet, flügelhorn) and Dal Martino (bass, guitar, keyboards, and samples) apply their own spin to the notion of acid jazz with this obscure but intriguing assortment of langui...  more »

     
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All Artists: Nighthawks
Title: Citizenwayne
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Intuition
Original Release Date: 9/12/2000
Release Date: 9/12/2000
Genres: Blues, International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Acid Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754681623, 750447400429

Synopsis

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German musicians Reiner Winterschladen (trumpet, flügelhorn) and Dal Martino (bass, guitar, keyboards, and samples) apply their own spin to the notion of acid jazz with this obscure but intriguing assortment of languid grooves and unhurried horns. On most occasions ("Mondo," "Bar Next to the Roxy," Thelonious Monk's much-covered "Round Midnight"), the music's smoky vibe and understated sense of cool seem appropriate for watching city lights through a rain-blurred window with a Scotch in hand. Gears shift when the duo (who take their collective name from a 1942 Edward Hopper painting of three figures in an all-night diner) strings together its "Bronco Suite," a wry, three-part ode to composer Ennio Morricone and the bell-chiming, high-noon, day-of-reckoning music (with some trip-hop twists) of countless spaghetti Westerns. The disc returns to its sultry, late-night ways in the final three tracks ("Love's End," the closer, is a lovely kiss goodbye), though its highlight is "Orphanage des Elephants" (explanation unknown), a piece with a quietly infectious groove that, as it underpins Martino's scratchy keys and Winterschladen's trumpet flare-ups, echoes the jazzier instincts of Traffic. --Terry Wood
 

CD Reviews

Great, Cool Music
M. Zarrabi | Worcester, MA United States | 03/08/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mr. Woods notes on the band are well put and describe The Nighthawks quite nicely. His assertion: "the music's smoky vibe and understated sense of cool seem appropriate for watching city lights through a rain-blurred window with a Scotch in hand" is perfect. I listen to their music (along with others) whenever I want to just relax, one of those moments when you want to have no worries and are visualizing a planet that is done fighting itself and is finaly ready to relax to a great martini in hand watching the sunset along with some like-minded company. Isn't that the aim?"