Reviewed: 2018-01-23
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review:
If You Like: Keith Jarrett, Geri Allen, Brad Mehldau
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Prologue (0:45) – short solo piano solo
*2/ Commencement (3:58) – piano starts> uptempo swings to fast tempo jam> piano solo> past jam> quick stop
*3/ Mind The Bubbles (5:17) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo builds into uptempo rocking jam, then mellows to midtempo> crescendo end
4/ Peace (0:58) – piano solo with heavy chords
*5/ Golden Castle (4:20) – piano starts> uptempo piano solo> pause> uptempo solo> quick stop/
6/ Mercy (5:19) – piano starts> midtempo jam slows to slow jam> swings to midtempo> fade
7/ Maybe That was It (4:41) – Rhodes starts> slow jam> bass solo> slow jam> slow fade
*8/ Figure And Ground (0:38) – slow & stuttering piano solo
***9/ Excursion (2:47) – piano starts> uptempos jam> sizzling piano solo> slows then swings back up into uptempo jam> quick stop
*10/ Pure Imagination (4:36) –toy piano starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> bass solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
11/ Short Form (2:57) – piano starts> slow jam with repetitive riffs> quick stop
**12/ Still, No (4:07) – piano starts> midtempo jam swings to uptempo> pause> midtempo jam> bass solo> swings back to uptempo jam> crescendo end
13/ Regret (0:37) – slow piano solo
*14/ Interspecial Plum (3:45) – bass/piano starts> uptempo jam with drum solo up front> crescendo end
15/ A Memory (4:58) – Rhodes starts slow> slow jam builds to midtempo> builds in volume & intensity, then slows & swings briefly back up> fade
*16/ Kinkajou (5:10) – piano starts> slow tempo solo builds to midtempo, then slows to fade