Free Dog

Reviewed: 2019-05-29
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Part of the Colorado jamgrass school, Coral Creek’s latest disc is mostly upbeat songs about real life, sometimes sad. They pepper different influences without them taking over. They are probably great in concert.
If You Like: String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, The Band
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Waterfall Heart – piano starts> uptempo song about the end of a relationship> guitar/sax duet> organ solo> uptempo song builds to crescendo end
**2/ Seasick Sailor – piano/sax starts> slow jam swings into uptempo song on life’s travails at sea> piano solo> guitar solo> sax solo> uptempo song> quick stop
***3/ Bill’s Boogie – piano starts> swinging uptempo jam> uptempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> rocking piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
4/ Ashes – piano starts> slow song about a relationship> guitar solo> slow song builds to a crescendo, then mellows> builds to a crescendo end
*5/ Free Dog – drums start> uptempo jam with midtempo song about being your own person over the top builds to crescendo> brief piano solo> uptempo song> raucous sax solo> uptempo song> slow fade
**6/ I Gotta Move – piano starts> midtempo jam with horns up front> midtempo song> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo song> crescendo end
7/ 40 Years – guitar starts> midtempo song> builds to crescendo> midtempo song> sax solo> midtempo song> builds to crescendo & fades
8/ Sunday Ferry – full band starts> uptempo song> piano/organ duet> sax solo> uptempo song> fade
*9/ David Livingstone’s Dream – sound like wind starts> uptempo funky jam with spoken word over the top about the Devil> sax solo> uptempo funky jam with spoken word> sax solo soars out into the universe> uptempo rocking sonic jam> slow fade