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Michael Hudson-Casanova: Echoes of Thought
ByOn "KW," the band comes out smoking again. And it has echoes of Speak no Evil. For listeners of a certain age and sensibility, what do you say? Congratulations for getting it right? Not imitative, but reminiscent? Hudson-Casanova's composition's bear cryptic names, but end up, if only as a shard, in your ear. "Yeah, Exactly." Ok, exactly what? "Abandoner" Really, by whom? Hudson's horn sort of gets into your head, maybe your past. Just as you think bop trombone is basically dead, there is Nicholas Lombardelli With another solid out chorus. "droogs?" Well, if they are good enough for Adam Schiff, another cultural signpost, why argue? At which point Sandy Eldred holds forth with a thoughtful bass solo. And yet another lovely sax line in the lead.
This is billed as a Philly band. It is hard for a native son not to say, "Hmm, yeah, the Schuylkill Expressway" at City Avenue on a Friday afternoon at 5 PM. But one suspects any number of people have sworn their way through "Echoes." Where did these idiots learn to drive? Sorry, but that is what comes to mind. Marginal steps. Two forward. One back. Yeah, you can cut in. Today. Not tomorrow.
Full disclosure. This is an exceptional recording by a killer band. Never argue with a Philadelphian. "Like Glaciers," these people can hold you up forever, but make plenty of melodic progress along the way. Like Monk said? You dig?
Track Listing
Spin The Context, The Old Days Whenever They Were, K.W., Yea Exactly, Abandoner, droogs, Echoes, Like Glaciers, The Sage, Ravensong, Spin it Back
Personnel
Michael Hudson-Casanova
saxophoneElliot Bild
trumpetNick Lombardelli
multi-instrumentalistLucas Brown
organ, Hammond B3Sandy Eldred
bassSteven Perry
vibraphoneAlbum information
Title: Echoes of Thought | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Self Produced
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About Michael Hudson-Casanova
Instrument: Saxophone
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