Album Reviews

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:

all reviews | all jazz reviews

More reviews tagged #Jazz

reviewed 04/2007
HIROMI’S SONICBOOM
Time Control
reviewed 01/2007
KIM NALLEY
Need My Sugar
reviewed 04/2008
BOBBY WATSON AND THE LIVE AND LEARN BAND
Fronm The Heart
reviewed 02/2007
JACK DEJONETTE AND BILL FRISELL
The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
reviewed 08/2006
Brisa Roche
The Chase
reviewed 11/2006
Q-BURNS
Abstract Message

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.