Reviewed: 2018-01-07
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: bassist & composer Proznick leads a versatile quartet with a vocalist. The music is light & engaging. The songs revolve around the dualities of life: birth & death. Playing is superb throughout. All originals except #9.
If You Like: Jane Ira Bloom, David Sanborn, Joni Mitchell, Lyle Mays, Laura Nyro
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Listen (6:44) - piano starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals> sax solo> piano solo> song> quick fade on vocal
2/ Beautiful Again (6:32) - piano starts> midtempo song> piano solo>> sax solo> bass solo> song> fade on vocal
3/ Let Go (4;24) - piano starts> slow song> sax solo> song> fade on vocal
*4/ Little Bluebird (5:37) - sax starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals> piano solo swings uptempo> sax solo> sond slows to midtempo> uptempo jam & fade on sax
5/ Ancient Yearning (2:24) - piano starts> slow song> fade
*6/ Storm (8:02) piano solo swings into uptempo song> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo song> uptempo jam> fade
*7/ 3AM (5:50) - sax starts> slow tempo song> sax solo> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
*8/ So Near, So Far (7:22) - piano starts> slow tempo song> piano solo> sax solo> bass solo> midtempo song> fade on vocal
9/ The Book Of Love (5:24) - sax starts> midtempo song> uptempo sax solo> piano solo slows to midtempo song> fade