SPEAK

Speak

2010-04-19

Out of Seattle, Speak presents interesting and sometimes improvisational jazz. Featuring keys, reeds, drums, and bass, this quintet offers edgy jazz that while usually melodic, sometimes delves into a tasteful free-form style. The disc starts out strong with "Amalgam in the Middle", a song that rocks with plenty of effects/distortion on Cuong Vu's trumpet. The slower, "People or Cats" is a pretty composition. My favorite piece, however, is the busy "Polypockets", which reminds me of a hive of bees. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 12/2005

    VARIOUS ARTISTS
    Our New Orleans

  • reviewed 02/2006

    HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN
    Four Dead Batteries - Original Soundtrack

  • reviewed 12/2016

    Mwalim
    Awakened by a Noon Day Sun

  • reviewed 11/2008

    CASSANDRA WILSON
    Loverly

  • reviewed 03/2016

    Matt Kane & The Kansas City Generations Sextet
    Acknowledgement

  • reviewed 05/2008

    The End of Times Orchestra
    Meets Eno Diamond

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.