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Taylor Eigsti: Daylight at Midnight
La linea tracciata, sin dall'inizio, è quella di un mainstream moderno e scoppiettante molto in sintonia con le preferenze del grande pubblico americano. Con Daylight at Midnight, disco strategicamente focalizzato su famose pop/rock tunes (qui gli artisti sono Coldplay, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Drake, Feist, Imogen Heap, MuteMath) si fa un ulteriore passo in questa direzione. E, ironia della sorte, arrivano proprio dalle cover le cose migliori perché a dispetto della voce di Becca Stevens, molto Norah Jones, il ragazzo ci sa fare con le tastiere dimostrando verve interpretativa e buon gusto.
Decisamente meno convincenti i brani originali dove le doti di scrittura del nostro palesano ancora evidenti limiti e incertezze sulla strada da seguire. Siamo insomma dalle parti di un pop-jazz raffinato ed elegante faticosamente allontanato da eccessive dosi di zucchero e di miele dallo straordinario lavoro ritmico del batterista Eric Harland.
Track Listing
Daylight; Magnolia; The Art Teacher; The Water; Pink Moon; Little Bird; Secreto; Chaos; Between the Bars; Speaking Song; Midnight After Noon.
Personnel
Taylor Eigsti
pianoTaylor Eigsti: piano, rhythm piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, Melliotron samples; Harish Raghavan: acoustic and electric bass; Eric Harland: drums; Julian Lage: guitars; Becca Stevens: vocals.
Album information
Title: Daylight At Midnight | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Concord Music Group
About Taylor Eigsti
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