Jazz Articles about Kate Anderson

Joel Moore Quartet: Joel Moore Quartet

by Hrayr Attarian
September 1, 2007

Certain musical works are meant to be thought-provoking and emotionally moving--even disturbing; others are meant to be soothing and ear pleasing. Joel Moore Quartet's eponymous CD is of the latter kind. The music is a cross between later day soul-jazz and contemporary smooth sounds, with laidback tunes where the improvisation rarely ventures far from the melody, and even when it does it stays in familiar territory. The music is consistent and the tracks do sound similar to one another. The ...