Reviewed: 2018-01-28
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Superb outing by guitarist Lage with terrific trio. Lage pulls out the stops on this one and showcases why he is considered a prodigy and one of the leading guitarists today. He pours a lot of emotion into each piece.
If You Like: Charlie Hunter, Bill Frissell
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ In Heaven (4:38) – guitar starts slow> slow jam> heavy chord announces the slow plodding heavy jam (almost a blues)> morphs into rocking uptempo jam> mellows slightly> slow fade
**2/ Tomorrow Is The Question (3:37) – guitar starts> uptempo jam> bass solo> rocking guitar solo> rocking uptempo jam> quick stop
*3/ The Windup (4:04) – guitar starts> fast jam> sizzling guitar solo> fast jam slows to midtempo ragged jam, then swings back up to fast tempo> quick stop
*4/ Love Hurts (4:46) – guitar starts> slooow tempo jam builds to midtempo> builds in volume & intensity, then mellows to slow jam> fade
5/ In Circles (4:31) – guitar starts> slow jam with beautiful melody> builds to uptempo jam & frenetic guitar solo> slows to fade
*6/ Encore (A) (4:46) – short drum solo starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo morphs into rocking jam> bass/drums duet to fade
7/ Lullaby (3:36) – guitar starts with beautiful melody> slow jam builds in volume & intensity> slow fade
*8/ Trudgin’ (3:58) – heavy drums/bass start> slow jam with discordant guitar>wild discordant guitar solo> midtempo discordant jam> sloooow fade
9/ I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (5:34) – swings to midtempo> slow fade
**10/ Crying (5:54) – guitar starts> midtempo sliding jam slowly builds in volume & intensity, then slows to slow sliding jam builds to loud crescendo end