Goodman, Alex / Impressions in Blue and Red
| Album: | Impressions in Blue and Red | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Goodman, Alex | Added: | Mar 2020 | |
| Label: | Outside In Music | |||
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-03-16
Reviewed 2020-03-16
Reviewed: 2020—03-15
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Guitarist Goodman ““Shuns convention while merging disparate forces into a harmonious union.” - Glenn Astarita - All About Jazz
If You Like: David Friesen, Ralph Towner, Jane Ira Bloom, Peter Sprague, Miles Okazaki, Jan Garbarek
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
Side 1 (blue disc)
**1/ No Man’s Land – guitar starts quietly>mellow slow tempo jam builds to uptempo>> quick stop
2/ Blue Space (intro) –midtempo guitar solo morphs into next track
*3/ Blue Space -guitar starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo> quick stop
*4/ Moods – bass/guitar start slow, build to midtempo jam> quick
5/ Space Behind Eugene Boch (intro) - drum/percussion jam morphs into next track
**6/ Space Behind Eugene Boch – sax starts> hesitating uptempo jam slows to midtempo> builds to fast tempo> slow fade
7/ Zen (intro) – bass solo morphs into next track
8/ Zen – bass starts> midtempo meditative jam> slow fade
*9/ Cobalt Blue – guitar starts> fast tempo jam> fade
*10/ Still Life With Skull (intro) – beautiful sax solo morphs into next track
*11/ Still Life With Skull – sax starts> slow tempo jam slowly builds in volume> fade
*12/ I’ll Never Be The Same – mellow midtempo solo> quick fad
DISC 2 (red disc)
**13/ Choose – guitar starts> fast tempo jam builds to a climax> fast jam> crescendo end
* 14/ Circles In A Circle – guitar/cymbals start> midtempo jam with flurries of notes>quick stop
*15/ Impending (intro) –sax solo morphs into next track
*16/ Impending – Rhodes starts> midtempo jam builds in volume & complexity>crescendo & fade
17/ In Heaven Everything Is Fine – guitar starts> midtempo jam> quick fade
**18/ Toys – spacey guitar starts with cascading notes> midtempo jam se=wings uptempo> crescendo end
19/ Occam’s Razor – bass solo
20/ Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It (intro) – bass/guitar duet morphs into next track
21/ Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It – bass/guitar starts> slow tempo jam> fade
22/ E.T. – bass starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo then mellows & builds again>, quick fade
*23/ Sonata No. 12 Adagio (intro) – guitar solo morphs into next track
*24/ Sonata No. 12 Adagio – guitar starts> expansive midtempo jam> crescendo> sow fade
25/ View In Perspective (intro) –drum solo morphs into next track
**26/ View In Perspective – drums start> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade
*27/ If I Loved You – slow guitar solo> fade.
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Guitarist Goodman ““Shuns convention while merging disparate forces into a harmonious union.” - Glenn Astarita - All About Jazz
If You Like: David Friesen, Ralph Towner, Jane Ira Bloom, Peter Sprague, Miles Okazaki, Jan Garbarek
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
Side 1 (blue disc)
**1/ No Man’s Land – guitar starts quietly>mellow slow tempo jam builds to uptempo>> quick stop
2/ Blue Space (intro) –midtempo guitar solo morphs into next track
*3/ Blue Space -guitar starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo> quick stop
*4/ Moods – bass/guitar start slow, build to midtempo jam> quick
5/ Space Behind Eugene Boch (intro) - drum/percussion jam morphs into next track
**6/ Space Behind Eugene Boch – sax starts> hesitating uptempo jam slows to midtempo> builds to fast tempo> slow fade
7/ Zen (intro) – bass solo morphs into next track
8/ Zen – bass starts> midtempo meditative jam> slow fade
*9/ Cobalt Blue – guitar starts> fast tempo jam> fade
*10/ Still Life With Skull (intro) – beautiful sax solo morphs into next track
*11/ Still Life With Skull – sax starts> slow tempo jam slowly builds in volume> fade
*12/ I’ll Never Be The Same – mellow midtempo solo> quick fad
DISC 2 (red disc)
**13/ Choose – guitar starts> fast tempo jam builds to a climax> fast jam> crescendo end
* 14/ Circles In A Circle – guitar/cymbals start> midtempo jam with flurries of notes>quick stop
*15/ Impending (intro) –sax solo morphs into next track
*16/ Impending – Rhodes starts> midtempo jam builds in volume & complexity>crescendo & fade
17/ In Heaven Everything Is Fine – guitar starts> midtempo jam> quick fade
**18/ Toys – spacey guitar starts with cascading notes> midtempo jam se=wings uptempo> crescendo end
19/ Occam’s Razor – bass solo
20/ Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It (intro) – bass/guitar duet morphs into next track
21/ Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It – bass/guitar starts> slow tempo jam> fade
22/ E.T. – bass starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo then mellows & builds again>, quick fade
*23/ Sonata No. 12 Adagio (intro) – guitar solo morphs into next track
*24/ Sonata No. 12 Adagio – guitar starts> expansive midtempo jam> crescendo> sow fade
25/ View In Perspective (intro) –drum solo morphs into next track
**26/ View In Perspective – drums start> uptempo jam> crescendo & fade
*27/ If I Loved You – slow guitar solo> fade.
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