STRING PLANET

Songs From the Home Planet

2008-06-13

String Planet is Novi Novog on viola and Larry Tuttle on the Chapman stick. They played together for fifteen years in the band Freeway Philharmonic. Now, they've formed String Planet and their sound is...instrumental fusion? Sometimes it sounds like Stephan Grapelli, sometimes like something from Bela Fleck, sometimes like average smooth jazz or even muzak. The songs are hit and miss. The best ones being the re-make of the Sergei Prokofiev piece, "Love For Three Oranges", the Edvard Grieg piece, "Anitra's Dance", and Camille Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals". A couple of coll originals are "Big Pig Jig" and "Pepe the Circus Dog". Reviewed by Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 06/2008

    JEFF COFFIN MU'TET
    Mutopia

  • reviewed 11/2011

    WYNTON MARSALIS
    SELECTIONS FROM SWINGING INTO THE 21'ST

  • reviewed 07/2012

    DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO
    Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio

  • reviewed 09/2008

    ROBIN MC KELLE
    Modern Antique

  • reviewed 04/2007

    MELODY GARDOT
    Worrisome Heart

  • reviewed 10/2006

    Stanton Moore
    III

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.