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 RuthCharlie Watts and the Tentet
Watts at Scott's
MADELEINE PEYROUX
BARE BONES
DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO
Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio
Stanton Moore Trio
Emphasis (on Parenthesis)
JEFF HEALEY & THE JAZZ WIZARDS
Its Tight Like That
PAUL RENZ QUINTET
Rebop
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