Parable, The

Reviewed: 2017-12-30
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: excellent contemporary bop/fusion set fronted by (surprise!) the former drummer from Smashing Pumpkins.
If You Like: Chick Corea (electric), Chris Potter, Billy Cobham
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Horus And The Pharoah (6:17) - sax starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> electric piano solo> midtempo jam swings to uptempo> fade
*2/ The Parable (6:49) - drums/sax starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> electric piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
3/ Thoughts Of Days Long Past (4:10) - electric piano starts. slow tempo jam> sax solo> slow jam> fade
*4/ El Born (6:09) - drums start> uptempo jam> electric piano solo> uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Magick Moon (4:51) - Fender Rhodes starts> slow tempo jam> bass solo> slow jam> fade
*6/ Dance Of The Grebe (7:39) - drums start> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> wild clarinet solo> short wild Rhodes solo to fade