Time: 58:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Guitar
Art: Full
01. New Start (5:27)
02. Blues To Yous (5:32)
03. Yes And No 2 (7:32)
04. Jazzenco (8:23)
05. Night Drive (6:02)
06. She Knows Me (7:15)
07. Autumn Confirmation (5:27)
08. Nyc Love Affair (6:00)
09. Original Sin (6:27)
Canadian seven-string guitar dynamo, Adam Smale makes his U.S. album debut with the March 4 release of Out of the Blue. Working with Tri-Fi, an established trio featuring pianist Mathew Fries, bassist Phil Palombi, and drummer Keith Hall, he plows through a nine-tune set consisting of eight original compositions and a reworking of a Wayne Shorter piece, “Yes and No.” He opens and closes the album with two tunes—“New Start” and “Original Sin”—played in trio format. In between, the quartet romps.
They do some sweet up-tempo work on “Autumn Confirmation,” a witty conflation of Bird’s “Confirmation” and the changes to the classic “Autumn Leaves,” and “NYC Love Affair,” a love song to the guitarist’s new home. “She Knows Me” is a gorgeous ballad played with touching lyricism, while “Jazzenco” adds an exotic note with its nod to flamenco.
Smale and company have put together a musically vibrant program from first note to last. Out of the Blue is an album with a kick.
They do some sweet up-tempo work on “Autumn Confirmation,” a witty conflation of Bird’s “Confirmation” and the changes to the classic “Autumn Leaves,” and “NYC Love Affair,” a love song to the guitarist’s new home. “She Knows Me” is a gorgeous ballad played with touching lyricism, while “Jazzenco” adds an exotic note with its nod to flamenco.
Smale and company have put together a musically vibrant program from first note to last. Out of the Blue is an album with a kick.
Out Of The Blue