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10-05-2010, 09:38 AM
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I have to give the boy props. I know I'm behind on this record, but I think it's pretty cool. There isn't anything ground breaking about it, but there was obviously alot of effort put into the compositions and arrangements and the playing is a nice combination of "in and out" by all the players. Some records in the bass player genre seem to rely on a real simple chord progression, a few weird scales and "kill" speed. Chasing Shadows has alot of feeling and I think Tony plays great. There isn't anything cold or calculating about his playing and when it's fast, it has that "go for it" vibe which I always appreciate.
Dig it!
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10-05-2010, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Williamsburg, VA | | | I dig! I don't know much about jazz and I'm pretty sure what Tony is thinking when he was composing was pretty complex, but even someone like me can really enjoy the album. Even without knowing all the inner workings of the melody / harmony etc, it seemed so human if that makes sense. I really dig!
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10-05-2010, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by touji I dig! I don't know much about jazz and I'm pretty sure what Tony is thinking when he was composing was pretty complex, but even someone like me can really enjoy the album. Even without knowing all the inner workings of the melody / harmony etc, it seemed so human if that makes sense. I really dig! | Yeah, I agree...don't think you'd have to be into bass or jazz particularly to like the record...it's just good music to me and it just has a very good feeling to it. I like your comment that it feels "human" because there seems to be something basically pleasing about it on a rather fundamental level. I think it's just the "feeling" of it.
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10-05-2010, 12:18 PM
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10-05-2010, 12:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | Chasing Shadows is always in my player. I listen to it over and over again sometimes. It's got chops but not crazy, confusing chops. Tony's solos are melodic, interesting, and very musical. He likes to use dynamics a lot in how he writes his songs, climaxing them towards the end and then resolving them. Chasing Shadows is a well written album, and played might I add.
BTW, he just came out with a new one recently called Unknown Angels. It's different than Chasing Shadows. It's very ambient, IMO at least, but it's still very melodic and musical.
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10-05-2010, 12:47 PM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Just listened b/c of this thread. Definitely one of the most satisfying bass-frontman albums I've heard in a long time! Great stuff (actual music!). |
10-05-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by capnsandwich
BTW, he just came out with a new one recently called Unknown Angels. It's different than Chasing Shadows. It's very ambient, IMO at least, but it's still very melodic and musical.
| I've been listening to Unknown Angels a lot for the last week, different, but I really dig it. As always with his albums, the production value and bass tone is sublime.
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10-05-2010, 05:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Parkersburg, WV | | | Thanks for the tip on Unknown Angels guys, I just picked it up and I really like it too. It seems to take more chances than Chasing Shadows, and it actually speaks to me more I think.
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10-05-2010, 05:20 PM
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10-06-2010, 06:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brixton, South London | | | This is a killing album - great music and great playing from all involved - the head on 'No Man's Land' is wicked.
I'm looking forward to Tony's new one - I've really liked what I've heard so far.
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10-07-2010, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Flynn This is a killing album - great music and great playing from all involved - the head on 'No Man's Land' is wicked.
I'm looking forward to Tony's new one - I've really liked what I've heard so far.
M | I like Unknown Angels even more than Chasing Shadows...it is really beautiful. Unknown Angels is something totally new.
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03-14-2011, 11:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ | | | Man, I'm really behind! I just picked up chasing shadows last night and I'm in love with this album. Tony Grey is composing on a different level, I can't wait to listen to Unknown Angels but I'm going to give Chasing Shadows this whole weekend to soak it in.
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