http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6685&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rssMulti-instrumentalist Thomas Chapin was one of the great improvisers to come out of the New York Downtown jazz scene. Though he spent most of his career working within the avant-garde realm, he could just as easily slip into straight-ahead Post Bop. Like most great jazz improvisers after 1970, Chapin would usually combine the two, stretching the chord changes beyond recognition. His unique playing style, combined with his proficiency on both saxophone and flute, make Chapin the closest the 1990s have to an Eric Dolphy-type player. But whereas Dolphy's music was pure concentrated Bop, Chapin went on to explore musical traditions from different parts of the world. His 1996 album <I>Sky Piece</I> bears the influence of his travels to Namibia, featuring the drone of Mario Pavone's bass and Mike Sarin's drums. Chapin's bass flute doesn't dazzle the listener with pyrotechnics; rather, it takes simple motives and slowly develops them in the service of creating a quiet, mysterious mood. Sadly, <I>Sky Piece</I> was to be Chapin's last album; he died of leukemia in 1998. - Noah EnelowAvant Garde Jazzen720Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:50:08 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6685&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Chapin was one of the great improvisers to come out of the New York Downtown jazz scene. Though he spent most of his career working within the avant-garde realm, he could just as easily slip into straight-ahead Post Bop. Like most great jazz improvisers after 1970, Chapin would usually combine the two, stretching the chord changes beyond recognition. His unique playing style, combined with his proficiency on both saxophone and flute, make Chapin the closest the 1990s have to an Eric Dolphy-type player. But whereas Dolphy's music was pure concentrated Bop, Chapin went on to explore musical traditions from different parts of the world. His 1996 album <I>Sky Piece</I> bears the influence of his travels to Namibia, featuring the drone of Mario Pavone's bass and Mike Sarin's drums. Chapin's bass flute doesn't dazzle the listener with pyrotechnics; rather, it takes simple motives and slowly develops them in the service of creating a quiet, mysterious mood. Sadly, <I>Sky Piece</I> was to be Chapin's last album; he died of leukemia in 1998. - Noah Enelow http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456184&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 1 Jan 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 11456184 tra.11456184 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 Radius alb.11451566 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/9/0/4/1444095_170x170.jpg 2003-08-31 00:00:00.0 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 true A January Tear (Original CD version) tra.11456184 337000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456184&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456184&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18367869&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:14:28 -0700 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 18367869 tra.18367869 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 Sky Piece alb.18360930 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http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/9/0/4/1444095_170x170.jpg 2003-08-31 00:00:00.0 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Forgotten Game (Original CD version) tra.11456181 675000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456181&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456181&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456182&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 1 Jan 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 11456182 tra.11456182 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 Radius alb.11451566 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/9/0/4/1444095_170x170.jpg 2003-08-31 00:00:00.0 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Jitterbug Waltz (Fats Waller original tune) tra.11456182 497000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456182&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456182&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456183&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 1 Jan 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 11456183 tra.11456183 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 Radius alb.11451566 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/9/0/4/1444095_170x170.jpg 2003-08-31 00:00:00.0 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Egg Hunt (Original CD version) tra.11456183 710000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456183&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11456183&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.577019&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 577019 tra.577019 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 I've Got Your Number alb.134433 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/1/0/790145_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-11 00:00:00.0 true I've Got Your Number tra.577019 347000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.577019&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.577019&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759914&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 759914 tra.759914 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 I've Got Your Number alb.134433 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/1/0/790145_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-11 00:00:00.0 true Drinkin' tra.759914 461000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759914&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759914&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759917&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 759917 tra.759917 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 I've Got Your Number alb.134433 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/1/0/790145_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-11 00:00:00.0 true Don't Look Now tra.759917 366000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759917&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759917&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759918&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 759918 tra.759918 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 I've Got Your Number alb.134433 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/1/0/790145_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-11 00:00:00.0 true The Present tra.759918 418000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759918&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759918&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759920&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 759920 tra.759920 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 I've Got Your Number alb.134433 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/1/0/790145_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-11 00:00:00.0 true Rhino! tra.759920 354000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759920&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.759920&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2090043&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 2090043 tra.2090043 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.0 What Is Jazz? 1996 alb.260673 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/6/6/9/419661_170x170.jpg 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 false A Drunken Monkey tra.2090043 497000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2090043&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2090043&variant=data&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18353732&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:14:04 -0700 Top Tracks by Thomas Chapin on Rhapsody Online 18353732 tra.18353732 Thomas Chapin art.6685 0.99 Night Bird Song alb.18353382 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/9/1189010_170x170.jpg 2005-10-24 00:00:00.0 null true Cliff Island (Live) tra.18353732 504000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18353732&variant=play&rws=%2Fthomas-chapin%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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