Transition

Reviewed: 2018-02-13
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: If ZZ. Top took up jazz it would sound like this
If You Like: Link Wray, Billy Gibbons, Robin Trower, Alan Holdsworth, Mark Wingfield
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
***1/ There It Is (4:56) – muscular electric guitar starts> rocking uptempo jam> quick fade
**2/ Core (5:46) – heavy drums/guitar crescendo starts, segues to slow loud boogie guitar jam> rolling waves of sound> heavy wah-wah guitar solo> heavy midtempo jam> blasts back to the bloooz> crescendo & fade
*3/ Transition (6:16) – sonic guitar starts> sonic uptempo jam> soaring guitar solo> rocking uptempo jam> quick stop
4/ Longass (5:27) – rocking boogie guitar starts> rocking heavy uptempo jam> melody shift, still uptempo> soaring guitar solo> sonic uptempo jam morphs into heavy rocker> pause> crescendo end
5/ Iana (0:49) – bass/guitar starts> slow jam> quick fade
6/ Ascent (5:37) – guitar starts> heavy midtempo rocking jam> mellows, then swings back to heavy midtempo rocker> fade
*7/ Lavalust (6:26) – rocking bass starts> full on u[tempo heavy rocker> stuttering guitar solo shifts into high gear> slows to midtempo space jam, then soars into the universe> rocking uptempo jam> soaring guitar solo> rocking uptempo jam> quick stop
***8/ Gone (7:28) – bass starts slow & quiet> slow jam builds to midtempo, then uptempo rocking jam> mellows to midtempo sonic space jam> slows to slow jam> crescendo end