Home Light

Reviewed: 2018-01-29
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: The Watts Quartet delivers no holds barred, free swinging pure acoustic jazz. Dig in and enjoy. This is as good at gets. Watts has flawless technique, tone, and feel – developed over a fifty-year career that shows no signs of slowing down
If You Like: Charles Lloyd, Pharoah Sanders, Joshua Redman, Courtney Pine
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ I Forgot August (8:25) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings wild> piano solo> uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Café Central 2am (8:40) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> bass solo> slow jam> quick stop
3/ Distant Friends (8:12) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo & fade
*4/ Frequie Flyiers (6:22) – sax starts> fast hesitating jam> sax solo> piano solo> fast jam> sax solo> fast hesitating jam> quick stop
5/ Horizon (7:49) – sax starts> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ O.P. (8:23) – sax starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop
7/ Spinning Wheel (6:32) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
**8/ Joe (5:27) – drums start> fast jam> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> fast jam> quick stop
*9/ Home Light (8:20) -piano starts. Slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> crescendo end