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3Bpm: First Hearing
Un mix di tracce che attinge al pop, al rock, al blues, alla tradizione, suonato in allegria, con un sottofondo latino che, quanto a gradevolezza, non è secondo a nessuno. Il repertorio jazzistico è affrontato solamente in due brani, uno a firma di Pat Metheny, l'altro a firma di Kenny Wheeler. Il tutto scorre placido, senza scossoni o sussulti. Rassicurante, da ascoltare in sottofondo (il che è un ossimoro, ma appunto ...), bevendo qualcosa in compagnia.
Un disco come tanti, insomma. Nelle tre composizioni originali (tutte a firma di Pickett) si intravede qualcosa di più. E' solo un accenno. Vedremo se il trio avrà la capacità ed il coraggio di svilupparlo verso qualcosa di più interessante.
Track Listing
1. Cleaning Windows (Van Morrison); 2. Baby Plays Around (Elvis Costello); 3. Scarborough (Traditional); 4. Jockey Full of Bourbon (Tom Waits); 5. Don’t Give Up (Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush); 6. The Island (Ivor Lins/Vitor Martin); 7. The Red One (Pat Metheney); 8. First Hearing (Martin Pickett); 9. Soft Focus (Martin Pickett); 10. As Above (Martin Pickett); Closing (Kenny Wheeler).
Personnel
Martin Pickett
pianoMartin Pickett (piano); Paul Jefferies (contrabbasso); Ben Twyford (batteria).
Album information
Title: First Hearing | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Slam Records
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