George Hoar

George Hoar: Soul Sojourn

by Mark Sullivan
December 7, 2014

Bassist/pianist George Hoar has had extensive training and playing experience in jazz with Rufus Reid, Dave Samuels, Harold Mabern, Harvie S and Art Resnick. But his stylistic influences also include world music and Western concert music from the Renaissance and the Baroque, which are very much in evidence here. Hoar leads off the program on piano, with the solo Prelude to the title tune. “Soul Sojourn" itself features violinist Mark Feldman (in one of his two featured tracks), and also ...