Traveller

Jazz | Feb 2006

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-03-04
Straight-jazz quartet fronted by easygoing sax and mellow jazz guitar. Nice mainstream sound, not nearly as "world" as the cover would indicate. Dense, mature sound throughout; wouldn't be out of place in a posh jazz club, and they manage to get cooking on a couple of tracks.

1- Mid/fast. Dense, mature sound.
2- Fairly fast and pulsing.
3- Tropical feel; liner notes name-check Niger. Slowish, sunny
4- Bustling big-city feel; quirky and fairly fast. Good solos.
5- Slow, quiet, relaxed. Lots of bass.
6- Fast and soft, w/flute and mildly Persian theme
7- Midtempo meandering
8- Soft and mid/fast. Mellow but energetic
9- Mid/fast, a bit sneaky/bluesy.
10- Hidden track! A song fragment, a reasonably fast jam. Interesting but kinda fades in/out suddenly.

Recent airplay

Crinkum Crankum
Memory SelectMay 05, 2006
Djailo Feast
No Cover, No MinimumApr 17, 2006
Djailo Feast
Memory SelectMar 31, 2006
Lucy's Back
Memory SelectMar 10, 2006
Lucy's Back
No Cover, No MinimumMar 10, 2006

Charting

2006-03-05 — 2006-05-07 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
May 7 1
Apr 23 1
Apr 2 1
Mar 12 2

Track listing

1. I Believe Ya
2. Djailo Feast
3. Ijinna
4. Crinkum Crankum
5. A Hand For Santiago
6. Hermeto
7. Mary Louise
8. Can Festis
9. Lucy's Back