1. Music Style Product
2. The Word for Moonlight is Moonlight
3. The Unnameable
4. Bugs in Amber
5. Tarp
6. Einstein Action Figure
7. The Speed of Dark
8. So it Goes
9. Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
10. Trapdoor
Jim Barr - Bass
Clive Deamer - Drums
Jake McMurchie - Tenor sax
Pete Judge - Trumpet
This is the second CD by this young band from Bristol and, like the
former, it's full of youthful enthusiasm and original compositions
by members of the band. The only problem is that it is very similar
to the previous release and what was all new then, is not all new
now!
Jim Barr is a fine bass player, but too many of the tracks are bass
dominated and that makes things a bit monotonous. There is no doubting
the quality of musicianship, or the ensemble playing which is technically
very clever, maybe too clever on some tracks!
The important thing that should come out of Get the Blessing is that
they may succeed in attracting a younger audience to jazz. If they
manage that they will have rendered the music a great service. I find
it quite concerning that the average age of the jazz audience in the
UK is so high. Not so in Spain: I have attended the San Javier Jazz
Festival for some years now and the average age of the audience is
half that of the UK.
Keep at it lads, what you are producing is terrific for a young provincial
band, even if some of it is not to the liking of an old fuddy duddy
like me!
Don Mather
CD Reviews
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