Gravity

Arjun/ Gravity
Label: Pheromone Records

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-10-01

Tom McCarter
Arjun
Gravity
Genre: Jazz
Review: Jazz power trio. All guitar all the time. Rockers try their hand at jazz and sometimes it works!
FCCs: none
If You Like: Joey Santiago, Thurston Moore, Chris Spedding, Howe Gelb, Fred Frith, Al Di Meola (electric)
Favorite Tracks: (5) Crossroad (6) Endless Again (7) Blas
Track Review: 1/ midtempo jam builds to uptempo 2/ a single note 3/ midtempo jam> guest flute solo> midtempo jam> false ending> quick fade 4/ midtempo jam 5/ uptempo jam> quick end 6/ quiet start builds to midtempo jam (reminds me of Santana) 7/ heavy chords open> uptempo jam> melody switches at 4:40> moves to fast tempo jam> quick fade 8/ quiet opening> slow tempo jam builds in intensity> melody shift @ 2:20> jam> melody shift @ 4:40> builds in intensity and tempo to 7:10> slows down> false ending @ 8:15> slow jam and long slow fade