Hope I Hold, The

Reviewed: 2019-06-24
Genre: Jazz
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Review: On their new full-length album, multi-instrumentalist Keberle & Catharsis are expanding and progressing. The theme of optimism in the face of political and cultural corruption unfolds through the album. The album features lyrics drawn from “Let America Be America Again,” a virtuosic and poignant poem written by Langston Hughes in 1935. The band is a group of current contemporary jazz luminaries.
If You Like: Steve Davis, Flora Purim, Wayne Shorter, Miles Okazaki
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Tangled In The Ancient Endless Chain – cascading piano starts> midtempo jam> pause> drums start> midtempo song> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
**2/ Despite The Dream – trombone starts> midtempo jam> midtempo song> trombone solo> uptempo song> fade
*3/ America Will Be – Rhodes starts> slow jam> guitar solo morphs into midtempo rocking space jam, then slows to slow jam again> slow song> slow fade on vocal
**4/ Fooled And Pushed Apart – electric piano starts> uptempo jam> trombone solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
***5/ Campinas – trombone starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> chorus kicks in> synth solo> trombone solo> guitar solo> fade
6/ Para Volar – guitar starts> midtempo song with layered vocals> scat/guitar duet> trombone solo swings uptempo> uptempo song with soaring vocal> quick stop
7/ Peering – Rhodes starts> slow jam> slow song> trombone solo> guitar solo> midtempo song> crescendo end
*8/ Zamba De Lozano – guitar starts> slow song> trombone solo slow song builds in volume & intensity with chorus, then slows to fade
**9/ Become The Water – organ starts> slow song> slow build to midtempo with chorus> guitar solo> midtempo song builds to crescendo & fades
10/ Epilogue/ Make America Again – organ starts> slow jam with chorus> slow fade