Jazz Articles about Special Purpose

Special Purpose: Password

by Geno Thackara
February 7, 2020

Special Purpose's upbeat jam-happy debut wastes no time establishing a setting and a mood. The group kicks off by crossing some 1970s Jeff Beck with a little Allman Brothers Band, and the ingredients for a fun jazz-rock fusion stew are already there: dreamy organ, bubbling bass, guitar that plays off the others without needing to go overboard with the shred. Lance Vallis's guitar and Paul Paresa's mostly-electric keys graciously share the leads, trading the spotlight back and forth like a ...