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Dahveed Behroozi: Echoes
ByBehroozi also works as a classical pianist, and that influence shows on the opener, "Imagery," which features the pianist's Bill Evans-like subtlety of touch and ringing clarity of elocution. As with most of the album, the mood is dark, tinted with a probing uncertainty and a hypnotic sound sculpture vibe. "Chimes"' maintains that approach, in a more abstract manner, on a set which was recorded without rehearsalsjust sketches brought into the studio before the tape rolled. With sidemen of the caliber of Mintz and Morgan, extraordinary results are to be expected, and that is how the session played out, in its cerebral, inward- looking celebration of sound.
"Gilroy," an intensely ominous mid-tempo tune, serves as a gorgeous highlight, stalkingas the shadows fallthat line between jazz and classical. Behroozi, based in San Jose, California, teaches at Gavilan College in Gilroy, California, a city sometimes called "The Garlic Capitol of the World," which probably does not factor into the loose, brooding compositional aspect of the music; but no cityGarlic Capital or nothas had a more beautifully mysterious composition written for it.
This trio is a dream team. Echoes is an exceptional piano trio album. Hopefully Behroozi, Mintz and Morgan will get together in the studio again.
Track Listing
Imagery; Chimes; Gilroy; Alliteration; Sendoff; Royal Star; Chimes (Variation); Tricks; TDB.
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Album information
Title: Echos | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Sunnyside Records
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