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 09/2015

    Bob Merrill and Roswell Rudd
    Cheerin' Up The Universe

  • reviewed 08/2006

    WILLE BOBO
    Lost and Found

  • reviewed 08/2017

    Yelena Eckemoff Quintet
    In The Shadow Of A Cloud

  • reviewed 01/2006

    BEAT KAESTLI
    Happy, Sad and Satisfied.

  • reviewed 12/1969

    Spencer A. Barefield
    After The End

  • reviewed 03/2004

    Susan Werner
    I Can't Be New

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.