Palmyra & Other Places

Reviewed: 2018-03-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Bertrand plays multiple flutes and bass clarinet in a number of NYC based groups. Here on his first album as a leader, he integrates the rhythms of his native Trinidad’s folkloric traditions with modern jazz and the results are beautiful
If You Like: Joe Farrell, Baden Powell
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Lexington 63rd (5:12) – flute starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> rocking flute solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Fire Island (7:38) – flute starts> midtempo jam> gorgeous flute solo> guitar solo> slow fade
3/ Solar (3:25) – flute starts>midtempo jam> guitar solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
*4/ Claude’s Nariva (6:54) – drums/flute starts> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> slow jam> slow fade
*5/ South 1st (7:29) – flute starts> uptempo jam> flute solo> uptemo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade
6/ Storms & Mountains (6:37) – flute starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> guitar solo> flute solo> midtempo jam> fade
*7/ Wood slave (7:41) – bass starts> midtempo jam> swinging flute solo> guitar solo> drum/bass duet> quick stop
*8/ Palmyra (6:24) – flute starts uptempo jam> guitar solo> flute solo> quick stop