Rebecca Harrold:(pno); Will Ackerman(gtr); Tony Levin (bs);
Richard Gates:(bs); Jeff Haynes:(perc); Tom Eaton: (perc); Jill Haley: (English
horn); Premik Tubbs (lyricon, sop); Charlie Bisharat: (violin); Eugene Friesen:
(cello);
A very listenable disc of original compositions by leader
Harrold. Is it jazz? If so, which pigeon-hole does it occupy? In truth,
delightful as it is, I don’t think it will be rubbing shoulders on my shelves between Herbie Hancock and Gene Harris. More
likely I’ll file it under bland.. It is just too repetitive. Perhaps it is
smooth or easy listening or even – almost - contemporary classical chamber
music. But jazz?
Nah!
Still worth a listen if your definition of jazz is looser
than mine and certainly worthy of the better class of lift – except on those
tracks where the strings and the horns are sent out for the coffees then it
becomes more meaningful and less predictable.
A curate’s egg.
Rebecca Harrold: The River of Life is available on the Imaginary Road Studios label.
Lance.
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