Kohl, Frank/ John Stowell/ Sreve Laspina / Crossing, The
Album: Crossing, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kohl, Frank/ John Stowell/ Sreve Laspina   Added:Feb 2020
Label:Self Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-03-11 Pull Date: 2020-08-26 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 15
Airplays: 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 05, 2023: Music Casserole
Middle of Nowhere
2. Mar 12, 2020: Old fart At Play
Middle of Nowhere

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-02-19
Reviewed: 2020—02 -19
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: guitarist Kohl presents a conversation between two guitarists & a bass player that creates a mellow interchange around originals & rearranged standards with lots of room for exploration of melodies, chords, & rhythms.
If You Like: Jim Hall, David Friesen, Peter Sprague, Pat Metheny
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):5) –04) –
**1/ The Crossing (7:14) – guitar starts> midtempo jam> slow fade
2/ O Grande Amour (6:45) – guitar starts> uptempo jam> > fade
*3/ The Masquerade Is Over (7:20) – guitar starts> uptempo jam> fade
4/ The Goodbye (5:02) – guitar/bass starts> jam builds to midtempo> slow tempo fade
*5/ Yesterdays (6:37) – guitar starts> midtempo jam builds to uptempo, then subsides> fade
**6/ Middle Of Nowhere (9:13) – bass starts> uptempo jam> slow fade
*7/ Sojourn (6:07) – guitar starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo> quick stop & fade
8/ New Moon (5:25) – guitars start> midtempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Brigas Nunca Mais (5:17) – guitar starts> midtempo bossa nova jam> fade

Track Listing
1. The Croossing   5. Yeaterdays
2. O Grande Amour   6. Middle of Nowhere
3. The Masquerade Is Over   7. Sojourn
4. The Goodbye   8. New Moon
  9. Brigas Nuncas Mais