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Monday, November 17, 2014

CD Review: Jeremy Platt Jazz Soul Moment - Sometimes Saying Your Name.

Jeremy Platt (piano/microkorg/vocal); Frank Felix (bass); John Boulton (drums).
(Review by Lance).
Platt's professed influences are Les McCann and Ramsey Lewis. I would be tempted to maybe add Mose Allison and early Georgie Fame, particularly on the vocal tracks.  Reminiscent of the earthy piano styles that found success in the 1960's, but updated with the measured incorporation of some synth lines, this is an easy album to listen to, by which I don't mean "Easy Listening," but a disc that doesn't require a degree in extra sensory perception to discover the elusive beauty of the music.

It's all here - totally upfront. All the listener has to do is enjoy the delicacy of the ballads and the foot tapping grooves on the funkier pieces.
The vocals verge on the falsetto (blurb quotes Curtis Mayfield) and they have an almost winsome appeal.
Electric bass and drums gel on this analogue recording achieving the spontaneous feel the musicians sought when they opted to take the direct route.
Jeremy Platt Jazz Soul Moment - Sometimes Saying Your Name will be released on November 24 by Without Understanding.
They can also be heard at The Globe - the Jazz Co-op HQ - Railway St., Newcastle on December 13.
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