January

Reviewed: 2019-09-13
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Straight-ahead jazz, on the modern side of hard bop, with tasteful but energized playing from guitarist Silbergleit and his versatile quartet. The disc contains mostly original tunes which are beautifully written and represent a wide variety of grooves and moods.
If You Like: Kenny Burrell, George Cotsirilos, Dexter Gordon
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ January (6:31) – drums/ guitar start> midtempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam> mellow crescendo end
**2/ Ode To Emmet Ray (6:09) – guitar starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
3/ Quiet Angel (6:02) – guitar starts> mellow midtempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade
*4/ Pauly The Pirate (5:40) – guitar starts> fast tempo jam> sizzling guitar solo> sax solo> fast jam> drum solo> fast jam> crescendo end
**5/ If I Should Lose You (7:45) – guitar starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> bass solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
6/ The Tree Of Knowledge (9:29) – guitar starts> slow jam> pause> slow jam> guitar solo> sax solo> slow jam> mellow crescendo end
**7/ Back To Somewhere (7:03) – guitar stats> swinging fast tempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> bass solo> drum solo> fast jam> guitar & sax trade riffs> fast jam> crescendo end
8/ My New Attitude (4:35) – full band starts> lightning fast tempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> bass solo> drum solo> bass solo> fast jam> quick stop
9/ Round Lake (5:49) – sax starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*10/ Unspoken (9:14) – sax starts> slow tempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
**11/ The Summer Snows (5:22) – drums start> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop