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This is a
solo-with-friends
project from Richard Addison (bass). Richard is from Montreal, Canada,
and
played in the prog band Mystery and the jazz/rock band Sojourn. He has
also
played on a number of studio sessions. On ‘Mood Swings’ Richard is
joined by
Stéphane Crytes (acoustic drums), David Gauthier (guitar),
Michel St-Père
(guitar), Éric St-Laurent (guitar), Luc Aubry (keys), Dany Roy
(tenor sax),
Philippe Lauzier (alto sax), Robin Boulianne (violin), Mario Di Blasio
(electronic drums), Pierre Nadeau (piano). The music
on ‘mood swings’ is
in a jazz-with-prog-leanings vein. It’s all instrumental and moves
along quite
nicely. It has a bit of a dark flavor due mostly to the subtle use of
whole-tone scales throughout. It also has a kind of jittery feel
because of the
multiple tempo changes (lots of them everywhere). The
playing is really good and I’ve always liked my prog mixed with a bit
of jazz.
The song construction tends towards the intricate, so it stays
interesting
throughout. I particularly liked that Richard tends to stay in the
background
(where the bass belongs) and gives the songs an interesting bottom,
rather than
yet another solo player. Also notable is the clean production. It just
sounds
sweet both in my house and in my car. Louis Hesselt van Dinter (January 2004) <-Previous review Next review ->
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