Listen Through The Looking Glass

Reviewed: 2018-07-27
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Instrumental and vocal straight ahead jazz with a flair. Clayton is one half of the Clayton Brothers, and his vocalist is a former Raylette (back-up for Ray Charles).
If You Like: Eddie Harris, Stanley Turrentine
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Shorter And Shorter (5:22) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> sax solo swings up tempo> uptempo jam> fade
2/ Blues Got Me Swinging (4:22) - raunchy sax starts> uptempo song> piano solo> wailing sax solo> song> quick fade
*3/ Guess Who I Saw Today (4:01) – piano starts> slow sultry song with female vocal> slow fade
*4/ See Level (3:45) - sax starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> soaring sax solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ For All We Know (3:58) – piano starts> slow song with female vocal> sax solo> slow song> slow fade
*6/ Hallelujah I Love Him So (3:25) – piano starts> uptempo song> sax solo> song> slow fade & crescendo end
7/ Just A Kiss (4:10) – sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
*8/And I Sing (3:12) – percussion starts> uptempo song with Latin vibe> sax solo> song> slow fade
9/ Tangled Web (5:20) – sax starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> piano solo> sax solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> fade