Jazz Articles about David Pike

David Pike: Carnavals

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 2000

During much of this disc Pike comes across as something of an improvisatory lightweight, and it’s not the ethereal luminosity inherent in his instrument that is totally to blame. The airy Bossa rhythms that support the majority of tracks do little to help him in this regard and his arrangements emphasize a featherweight Happy Hour feeling. A further distraction is Pike’s sporadic vocalizations atop his improvisations, which make it seem as if he is sounding them out to insure his ...