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Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte: You Don't Know The Life
ByYou Don't Know the Life has Saft switching gears, plugging into Hammond and Whitehall organs and an electric Baldwin harpsichord.
The organ trio tradition is a long oneJimmy Smith, Grant Green, Jack McDuffbut You Don't Know the Life doesn't sound like an attempt to adhere to that groove-based, urban, soul-drenched template. The Saft Trio, with the team of bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bobby Previte, seems to be pushing through on a new pathbreezy and freewheeling at times, reverential and church organ-like at others, and even psychedelic, on the opening cut, pianist Bill Evans' "Re: Person I Know," where Saft breaks out the electric harpsichord.
"Dark Squares" is attributed, songwriting-wise, to Saft/Swallow/Previte, so it is most certainly a trio improvisation, a measured and contemplative music that seems like a trip to church. "Water From Breath" flows down the same path, in a more lighthearted manner. The title tunefrom ZZ Top-er Billy Gibbons' pre-ZZ Top psychedelic blues band, Moving Sidewalkssounds like a lonely stroll down a midnight alleyway, immersed in the pondering of a love just lost.
The album wraps up with a couple of unexpectedconsidering the eclectic batch of tunes that precede themfamiliar standards, "Moonlight In Vermont," taken at a loose and leisurely pace, and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Alfie." Pure loveliness, Saft's organ a cool and cleansing breeze.
Track Listing
Re: Person I Know; Dark Squares; Water From Breath; You Don't Know the Life; Ode To A Green Frisbee; The Cloak; Stable Manifold; The Break Of The Flat Land; Moonlight In Vermont; Alfie.
Personnel
Jamie Saft
pianoJamie Saft: Hammond organ, Whitehall organ, Baldwin electric harpsichord; Steve Swallow: electric bass; Bobby Previte: drums.
Album information
Title: You Don't Know The Life | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: RareNoiseRecords
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