Spirit Fingers
Jazz
| Oct 2019
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-10-28
Reviewed 2019-10-28
Reviewed: 2019-10-28
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Spirited jazz fusion. This is the debut album and brainchild of leader, pianist and composer Greg Spero an undeniably gifted pianist and composer. The musicians Spero assembled for his project amount to a veritable supergroup in terms of their prodigious talent & experience.
If You Like: Return To Forever, Al Di Meola
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Inside (4:40) – piano starts> midtempo jam slowly builds in volume & intensity> piano solo swings to fast tempo jam> slows to midtempo, then swings back> quick stop
*2/ Maps (6:56) – piano starts> midtempo jam builds in volume & intensity, then mellows> bass solo swings up to fast tempo jam> slows to midtempo with lightning bursts of notes> crescendo & fade
**3/ Try (1;20) – electric piano/guitar start> midtempo jam> fade
4/ For (7:07) – piano starts> midtempo jam> builds in volume & intensity> bass solo builds into fast tempo jam> builds in volume & intensity, then slows to fade
5/ Movement (1:56) – full band starts quiet & fast & quickly builds in volume, then mellows> slow fade
6/ Find (8:12) – piano starts, builds into midtempo jam on repetitive note> jam builds in volume, then subsides> piano solo swings into fast tempo jam> guitar solo> bass solo> uptempo jam builds in volume> crescendo end
*7/ Space (1:45) – midtempo piano/guitar duet starts quietly, builds slightly in volume> fade
**8/ Release (8:44) – piano starts> midtempo jam> crescendo> mellow midtempo jam> piano solo> bass/guitar duet swings into fast tempo jam> pause> midtempo jam swings uptempo> slows to fade
9/ Location (1:29) – Rhodes starts> uptempo jam> mellows to fade
10/ Being (5:41) –piano starts slow, builds into midtempo jam> builds in volume & intensity> crescendo> midtempo jam swings uptempo> pause> slow jam builds in tempo & volume> fade
*11/ You (5:27) – drums start> uptempo jam> slows to midtempo funky> bass solo> midtempo jam> drum solo> crescendo & quick stop
*12/ Realize (2;13) – piano/guitar start quietly, build into uptempo jam, then mellows to midtempo> fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Spirited jazz fusion. This is the debut album and brainchild of leader, pianist and composer Greg Spero an undeniably gifted pianist and composer. The musicians Spero assembled for his project amount to a veritable supergroup in terms of their prodigious talent & experience.
If You Like: Return To Forever, Al Di Meola
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Inside (4:40) – piano starts> midtempo jam slowly builds in volume & intensity> piano solo swings to fast tempo jam> slows to midtempo, then swings back> quick stop
*2/ Maps (6:56) – piano starts> midtempo jam builds in volume & intensity, then mellows> bass solo swings up to fast tempo jam> slows to midtempo with lightning bursts of notes> crescendo & fade
**3/ Try (1;20) – electric piano/guitar start> midtempo jam> fade
4/ For (7:07) – piano starts> midtempo jam> builds in volume & intensity> bass solo builds into fast tempo jam> builds in volume & intensity, then slows to fade
5/ Movement (1:56) – full band starts quiet & fast & quickly builds in volume, then mellows> slow fade
6/ Find (8:12) – piano starts, builds into midtempo jam on repetitive note> jam builds in volume, then subsides> piano solo swings into fast tempo jam> guitar solo> bass solo> uptempo jam builds in volume> crescendo end
*7/ Space (1:45) – midtempo piano/guitar duet starts quietly, builds slightly in volume> fade
**8/ Release (8:44) – piano starts> midtempo jam> crescendo> mellow midtempo jam> piano solo> bass/guitar duet swings into fast tempo jam> pause> midtempo jam swings uptempo> slows to fade
9/ Location (1:29) – Rhodes starts> uptempo jam> mellows to fade
10/ Being (5:41) –piano starts slow, builds into midtempo jam> builds in volume & intensity> crescendo> midtempo jam swings uptempo> pause> slow jam builds in tempo & volume> fade
*11/ You (5:27) – drums start> uptempo jam> slows to midtempo funky> bass solo> midtempo jam> drum solo> crescendo & quick stop
*12/ Realize (2;13) – piano/guitar start quietly, build into uptempo jam, then mellows to midtempo> fade
Recent airplay
You
Music Casserole — Jul 19, 2025
Maps
Music Casserole — Feb 01, 2020
Try
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Jan 28, 2020
Being
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Jan 21, 2020
Release
Music Casserole — Jan 18, 2020
Release
Old fart At Play — Jan 16, 2020
Charting
2019-11-20 — 2020-01-22
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 1 |
| Jan 19 | 3 |
| Jan 12 | 1 |
| Jan 5 | 1 |
| Dec 29 | 1 |
| Dec 22 | 1 |
| Dec 15 | 1 |
| Dec 8 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Inside | ||
| 2. | Maps | ||
| 3. | Try | ||
| 4. | For | ||
| 5. | Movement | ||
| 6. | Find | ||
| 7. | Space | ||
| 8. | Release | ||
| 9. | Location | ||
| 10. | Being | ||
| 11. | You | ||
| 12. | Realize |