Sonnet 18

Reviewed: 2019-11-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is about love, life, and death. This album represents guitarist Giancola’s attempt to address these big picture topics in a personal way. These compositions are a sonic expression of what it means to be alive; what it’s like to experience love, life, death, happiness, and everything in between.
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Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Report Card (7:23) – drums start> mellow midtempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
2/ Rouge Hill (6:24) – sax starts> mellow midtempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
**3/ Retrospect (5:12) –sax starts> swinging uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade
4/ It’s All Good, Man (5:30) – drums start> midtempo mellow jam> guitar solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Sonnet 18 (6:50) – drums/sax start> midtempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade
6/ Duffle Bag (5:46) – guitar starts> mellow midtempo jam> bass solo> sax solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
**7/ Introspect (6:57) – guitar starts> mellow uptempo jam with bossa nova vibe> guitar solo> uptempo jam> guitar & sax trade riffs> slow fade
*8/ A + B (5:46) – drums start> uptempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> fade
9/ Laura’s Laura (5:00) – sax starts> mellow midtempo jam> sax solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
*10/ Stream (5:54) – guitar starts> midtempo jam> guitar solo> sizzling sax solo> uptempo jam> quick fade