Reviewed: 2020—04-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Acute Inflections returns with an eclectic collection of tunes adapted for jazz, from Dolly Parton to Jagger/Richards to the Cure, plus many originals. Just bass & vocal, but nothing else is needed. “A richly haunted collection of tunes that sound like a jazz duet version of songs for film noir.” – Jazz Weekly
If You Like: Nina Simone, Patti Cathcart Andress, Chrissie Hynde, Ron Carter
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ My Name Is (3:21) – female vocal starts> sultry midtempo song> fade
2/ New York, New York (3:33) – bass starts> midtempo song> fade
**3/ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (3:25) – heavy bass starts> rocking uptempo song> quick stop
*4/ Electric Psychology (3:37) – bass starts> strutting midtempo song> quick fade
5/ Feeling Good (5:08) – bass starts slow> slow tempo song swings uptempo, then slows to fade
6/ A Thousand Years (4:06) – bass starts> slow tempo song> crescendo & fade
*7/ Besame Mucho (7:35) – bass starts hesitatingly> slow tempo song slowly builds in volume> fade
*8/ Lovesong (5:16) – bass starts> sultry slow tempo song swings to midtempo, swells in volume & fades
**9/ I Will Always Love You (4:11) – bass starts> slow tempo song> fade
*10/ I’ll Be Around (4:17) – bass starts> midtempo song> fade
**11/ Redbone (4:34) – vocal starts> slow tempo song quickly swings to midtempo> slows to fade
**12/ At Last (3:40) – vocal starts> fast tempo song> fade
13/ Bonafide Love (Movie Star) – bass starts> midtempo song> slow fade & a note
*14/ Come Out Love (5:13) – bass starts> midtempo song> slow fade
*15/ The Ascension (2:51) – bass starts> slow tempo song> fade