Time: 39:01
Size: 89.3 MB
Styles: Jazz guitar
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[4:11] 1. Whisper Not
[4:09] 2. Emily
[6:09] 3. Poinciana
[2:50] 4. Swing 48
[4:24] 5. Easy Living
[1:59] 6. Ask Me Now
[4:45] 7. On The Way To Your House
[4:25] 8. (I'm) Confessin’ (That I Love You)
[6:05] 9. Jitterbug Waltz
Peter Kavanaugh – Guitar; D.J. Bonebrake – Vibraphone (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9); Shawn Oshmiansky – Clarinet (tracks 8 & 9); Paul Eckman – Upright bass (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9); Jack Le Compte – Drums (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9); Michael Bolger – B3 Organ (track 7); Geoff Rakness – Upright bass (track 7); Mark San Filippo – Drums (track 7).
With “Whisper Not,” Kavanaugh creates a melodic, harmonically rich picture that showcases a guitar player with rare soul and finesse, as well as a bandleader with a unique yet accessible vision. The repertoire is an appealing collection of lesser-known nuggets from the jazz songbook, and unexpected elements appear right out of the gate with the title track’s pairing of sun-dappled vibraphone and toothy blues guitar tones.
The breezy bossa nova “Poinciana” surprises with nods to Esquivel and the twanging baritone guitar of a spaghetti western, while under Kavanaugh’s direction, Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz” descends to earth from a dreamy stratosphere where a clarinet trades lines with an interstellar Les Paul. Kavanaugh pulls out the syncopated bop with a take on Django Reinhardt’s “Swing 48” that sounds like the lost soundtrack to a cartoon short involving spies, gangsters and unsafe driving. The original composition “On the Way to Your House” has an infectious, playful melody and soulful call-and-response Hammond B-3 that shows Kavanaugh to be an artist who can both honor and build upon the great traditional jazz and blues genres.
With “Whisper Not,” Kavanaugh creates a melodic, harmonically rich picture that showcases a guitar player with rare soul and finesse, as well as a bandleader with a unique yet accessible vision. The repertoire is an appealing collection of lesser-known nuggets from the jazz songbook, and unexpected elements appear right out of the gate with the title track’s pairing of sun-dappled vibraphone and toothy blues guitar tones.
The breezy bossa nova “Poinciana” surprises with nods to Esquivel and the twanging baritone guitar of a spaghetti western, while under Kavanaugh’s direction, Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz” descends to earth from a dreamy stratosphere where a clarinet trades lines with an interstellar Les Paul. Kavanaugh pulls out the syncopated bop with a take on Django Reinhardt’s “Swing 48” that sounds like the lost soundtrack to a cartoon short involving spies, gangsters and unsafe driving. The original composition “On the Way to Your House” has an infectious, playful melody and soulful call-and-response Hammond B-3 that shows Kavanaugh to be an artist who can both honor and build upon the great traditional jazz and blues genres.
Whisper Not