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Christian Li & Mike Bono: Visitors
ByThe opening number, "Puddles," is pleasantly meditative with an interesting solo from Dayna Stephens on tenor sax and some fine, understated work by Bono, who wrote the piece.
Li's "Little Rascals," which follows, is up-tempo and jagged, opening with his piano going all over the place. Alex Hargreaves joins in with some similarly disjointed violin.
Then there's "Tango," which certainly isn't. Hargreaves returns with more disjointed fiddle but, before it gets to be too much, Bono comes to the rescue on guitar. "Moon Over New Kent" is much as expected with a title like that: a lazy meditation with nice piano by Li followed by Bono on guitar.
"Space Invaders" is, well... spacey. The title track, which follows, comes down to earth, with Stephens' saxophone leading into Li's piano. After this the song just peters out, though quite pleasantly, with Lee Fish's cymbals to the fore.
Track Listing
Puddles; Little Rascals; Tango; Moon Over New Kent; Space Invaders; Visitors; Transient Light; Awake; Heart.
Personnel
Christian Li
pianoMike Bono: guitar; Christian Li: piano; Alex Hargreaves: violin; Chris Marion: strings; Dayna Stephens: tenor saxophone; Jared Henderson: bass; Lee Fish, Jimmy McBride: drums.
Album information
Title: Visitors | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Tone Rogue Records