Secret Between The Shadow & The Soul, The

Reviewed: 2018-03-20
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This music sends tingles down your spine, makes your jaw drop, puts a smile on your face & a chuckle in your throat. It also, at times, conjures waves of melancholy.
If You Like: Eric Dolphy, Matthew Shipp, McCoy Tyner
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Dance Of The Evil Toys (8:23) – piano starts quietly, swings into full-throated uptempo jam, then morphs into midtempo off-kilter jam> wild sax solo> jagged piano solo> midtempo jam morphs into uptempo off-kilter jam> quick stop
*2/ Conversation Amongst The Ruins (8:46) – piano starts> slow jam> gorgeous piano solo> gorgeous sax solo> slow jam> fade
*3/ Snake Hip Waltz (5:51) – sax starts> midtempo strutting jam> staggering sax solo> invigorating piano solo> creative bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
4/ Cianna (7:32) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo & 3 piano notes
*5/ Nilaste (10:15) – sax starts> slow jam> bass solo> slow jam> slithering sax solo builds into uptempo jam> wild off-kilter jam builds in volume & intensity to crescendo> pause> slow piano solo swings uptempo> fast wild jam slows to slow jam> fade on sax
6/ Life Filtering from The Water Flowers (9:00) – sax starts> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo builds to uptempo & slows to fade + 3 piano notes
**7/ The Windup (12:30) – piano starts uptempo & swinging> uptempo swinging jam> sizzling piano solo> sax solo slows momentarily, then swings up & out into the nether reaches> fast jam> sizzling sax solo> fast jam> drum solo> fast jam> quick stop