Bliss Station

Reviewed: 2020—01-14
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: St-Laurent plays guitar & keyboards. His latest disc is contemporary jazz with his muscular rhythm section. Guest trumpeter Studnitzky sits in, adding a mellow atmosphere as counterpoint. St-Laurent has a unique style
If You Like: Miles Okazaki, John Abercrombie, Enrico Rava, Terry Gibbs’ Thrasher People
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Edges (1:42) – guitar starts> short slow ethereal jam> quick fade
*2/ Shut Up, Silly (5:18) – synth/guitar starts> fast tempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam> quick stop
***3/ Bliss Station (6:30) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet to fade
4/ Expand (5:10) – percussion starts> fast tempo jam with electronic chorus> guitar solo> trumpet solo> fast jam with electronic chorus> fade
5/ Calvados (6:23) – synth starts> slow tempo jam> Rhodes solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ Mustard Arizona (4:25) – guitar/percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> trumpet solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
7/ Forsaken Cowboy (3:05) – synth starts> midtempo jam> guitar/trumpet duet> midtempo jam> trumpet solo to fade
*8/ Green (5:59) – percussion starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
**9/ Less (7:16) -guitar starts> languid midtempo jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> slow fade