2006-06-02
Exquisite solo piano jazz numbers from accomplished composer Kevin Hays, who has played with jazz greats such as Sonny Rollins, John Scofield and Joshua Redman. There is one vocal number on the disc: a unique rendition of “You Are My Sunshine,” but performed in a way that completely remakes the song. Three other songs (#2, #4, #9) contain some Native American vocalizing in the background to go with the album’s theme. One other selection (“Harmonium”) finds Hays “dampening” the strings of the piano and plucking them from the inside of the instrument. This is reflective, quiet -- almost classical – music rather than your Friday-drive-home soundtrack.BILL FRISELL
All We Are Saying...
WYNTON MARSALIS & MARCUS ROBERTS
TOGETHER AGAIN
Alice Coltrane
Translinear Light
JOEY DEFRANCESCO
40
PETER KATER
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
JANICE BORLA
From Every Angle
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