Reviewed: 2020—04-10
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Roussel has a unique vision of the modern piano jazz trio, incorporating shifting rhythms & electronics with dizzying affect.
If You Like: Hiromi, Herbie Hancock
Track Review (favorites denoted by *)
1/ Yatse Club (6:56) – drums start> heavy midtempo jam mellows briefly, then builds into rocking uptempo jam> slows to midtempo> quick fade
**2/ Rhythme de Passage (6:48) – piano solo starts slow, builds into a crescendo, then swings into rocking fast tempo jam> pause> fast jam> quick stop
*3/ Agent Orange (4:27) – clavier starts> uptempo fusion jam shifts to fast tempo> quick stop
*4/ Maltagliati (6:14) – Rhodes starts> slow meditative solo> slow jam slowly builds to midtempo> fade
5/ Taniata (5:31) – drums start> midtempo jam slowly builds to uptempo> quick stop
*6/ Est (3:37) – piano starts> uptempo jam> crescendo end
7/ Loners (6:33) – Rhodes starts> slow tempo jam> quick fade
*8/ Emperiente (6:06) – piano starts> slow tempo jam builds to uptempo> quick stop,