Third Inversion

Third Inversion: Psalmthing Blue

by Mark Sabbatini
May 24, 2005

(Author's disclaimer: The guitarist for this group is a contributor to All About Jazz. I discovered this after writing my initial draft and therefore do not consider it an influence in this review.)

The roots of jazz are in religious music, but contemporary worship instrumentals frequently do history no favors. So a 25-minute album of one to three-minute “smooth" songs isn't exactly something to inspire faith.

But Third Inversion's Psalmthing Blue is better than it has ...