Reviewed: 2018-03-31
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Amazing third CD by this former child prodigy guitarist, this CD showcases his highly-developed skills as a composer, his rhythmic facility, and his ability to craft an astonishing flow of single-note lines while traversing chord changes. The band is versatile & tight in more ways than one: dad is on bass & his brother is on drums.
If You Like: Pat Metheny, Paul McCandless
1/ Lost Memories (1:11) – piano starts> uptemppo jam with chorus & stellar guitar overlay> quick fade
*2/ Radio Joint (8:48) – piano starts> uptempo hesitating jam> soaring guitar solo> sax, piano solo> midtempo jam> quick fade> false stop> fade
3/ Follow Me (11:05) – piano starts> midtempo jam mellows & builds in volume & intensity> piano solo swings uptempo, then mellows into slow jam> guitar solo swings back up & slows to fade
*4/ The Time Is Now (7:26) – guitar chords start> midtempo jam with beautiful interplay between guitar & sax slows> slow piano solo> slow fade
5/ Patience (1:14) – interesting slow reverse guitar solo
*6/ The Quest (7:15) – piano starts> slow off-kilter jam swells into midtempo jam> fluid guitar solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*7/ Story (7:34) – guitar starts> quiet & slow> slow jam builds to midtempo cresting & receding several times> fade
*8/ Her Dream (8:28) – guitar starts> midtempo jam> guitar solo swings into uptempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Radiska (8:56) – drums start> uptempo jam> guitar swings to fast tempo jam> sax, piano solo> fast jam> crescendo end
10/ Outro (1:54) – reverse guitar starts> slow jam> fade