Reviewed: 2020—03-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Arriale returns with a new trio and a new set of excellently arranged and performed tunes. Arriale extracts feeling with every note. All originals except #1 & 9.
If You Like: Keith Jarrett, Geri Allen
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (4:48) – piano starts hard> midtempo jam> fade
*2/ Journey (4:55) – piano starts> rocking uptempo jam> crescendo end
3/ The Dreamers (4:18) – drums start> uptempo jam> slow fade
4/ 3 Million Steps (4:53) – piano starts> midtempo jam> slow fade
*5/ Hope (4:56) – piano starts> midtempo jam builds to uptempo> slow fade
**6/ The Whole Truth (5:11) – piano starts hard> midtempo jam> quick stop
7/ Lady Liberty (5:18) – piano starts> slow tempo jam> fade
8/ Reunion (3:52) – piano/drums start> uptempo jam> drum solo to fade
*9/ Chimes Of Freedom (4:56) – piano starts> slow tempo song builds to a crescendo & mellows to quick stop
*10/ American Tune (5:56) – piano starts> slow tempo song slowly builds to a crescendo & fades