In The Zone

Yehudit
Edgetone Records
Jazz | Nov 2008

Reviews

Wedge
Reviewed 2009-02-01
Straight-up contemporary jazz led by violin, usually electric 5-stringed violin. Nicely melodic compositions with some active, grooving soloing space. Relaxed jazz guitar, peppy sax.

The violin isn't always front-and-center; many themes are left to the sax and guitar. Yehudit's solos have a clear, airy feel, with plenty of double-stops (two-stringed playing) for some nice dissonant moments. Instrumental; FCC clean.

Yehudit (violin)
Sheldon Brown (sax, clarinet)
Steve Erquiaga (guitar)
Dan Feiszli (bass)
Curt Moore (drums)
Gerry Grosz (vibraphone)

1- Satiny, swingy theme, lots going on in 10/8 time. Soft, fast guitar intro.
2- Careful creeping, into a pleasant slow vamp. Guitar and violin solos; comforting vibraphone
3- Floaty free intro. Pleasantly tense theme over electric bass. Mildly fusiony, maybe; nicely open feel.
4- Slowish tropical feel, a winding theme. Almost a toylike quality with a touch of bossa nova.
5- Slow, lurking. Unaccompanied violin and clarinet solos. Then, after a few minutes, a peppy '60s-jazz theme pops in. Very nice; I really like the way this one's constructed.
6- Peppy, upbeat. Really nice violin and sax solos.
7- Soft, relatively quiet.

Recent airplay

The Hidden Place
Sweet Dream
Memory SelectMar 20, 2009
Baiao De Banff
Smartie PopMar 11, 2009
Baiao De Banff
Memory SelectMar 06, 2009
Mango Nights
The Heart of KZSUFeb 25, 2009
Baiao De Banff
No Cover, No MinimumFeb 13, 2009

Charting

2009-02-01 — 2009-04-05 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 5 1
Mar 22 1
Mar 15 1
Mar 8 1
Mar 1 1
Feb 15 1
Feb 8 1

Track listing

1. The Imperfect Ten
2. Sweet Dream
3. In The Zone
4. Mango Nights
5. The Hidden Place
6. Baiao De Banff
7. Tribute