Reviewed: 2019-10-12
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Three musicians of substance further engaging in each other's world leads to beautiful moments of improvisational bliss. They clearly are having fun playing together, and that enjoyment is transferred onto the listener in droves. All the tunes are choice and well placed, but it is what they do inside the lines that pops, sizzles, and simmers. The amount of creative and opportunistic exploration between the notes is driven by the trust developed in one another and their inherent sensibilities.
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Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
DISC 1
*1/ How Deep Is the Ocean (12:49) – (applause & band intro) midtempo piano solo starts> swings into uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
**2/ 500 Miles High (11:02) – midtempo piano solo starts> swing into uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam> piano solo to crescendo end
*3/ Crepuscule With Nellie (6:40) – (spoken word intro) piano starts> hesitating midtempo jam> fade
**4/ Work (4:54) – piano starts> swinging off-kilter uptempo jam> quick stop
**5/ But Beautiful (9:02) – slow piano solo starts> swings into midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam to fade
***6/ La Fiesta (7:11) – piano starts> uptempo jam with Latin vibe> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
DISC 2
**7/ Elderdown (11:08) – piano starts> midtempo jam builds to uptempo> bass solo> uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam> slow fade
***8/ All Blues (11:35) – piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> fade
**9/ Pastime Paradise (8:27) – (applause) piano starts> uptempo jam> bowed bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*11/ Serenity (6:40) – drums start hesitatingly> midtempo jam swings uptempo> bass solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
**12/ Lotus Blossom (10:13) – piano starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> piano solo swings uptempo> drum solo> uptempo jam> fade