Mason Razavi- Quartet Plus, Volume 2 (CD)
From delicately scored ballads to a raucous take on "Caravan," Bay-Area guitarist Mason Razavi's second volume of his "Quartet Plus" series inhabits the great traditional jazz forms while enhancing them with modern textures and rhythms, creating a work that should leave jazz aficionados of various stripes nodding in approval. Working with pianist Bennett Roth-Newell, bassist Dan Robbins and drummer Cody Rhodes, the "Plus" is a five-piece horn section featured on several dynamic and intricately arranged compositions. "Evocative storytelling is the hallmark of Razavi's music." - All About Jazz
Tracklist:
- Riverbed
- Blues In New Hues
- Looking Forward, Looking Back
- Blue And Grey Waltz
- With The Wind At My Back
- When The Ink Ran Dry
- Grvunkabop
- Portrait For Mingus
- Through The Fog
- Caravan
From delicately scored ballads to a raucous take on "Caravan," Bay-Area guitarist Mason Razavi's second volume of his "Quartet Plus" series inhabits the great traditional jazz forms while enhancing them with modern textures and rhythms, creating a work that should leave jazz aficionados of various stripes nodding in approval. Working with pianist Bennett Roth-Newell, bassist Dan Robbins and drummer Cody Rhodes, the "Plus" is a five-piece horn section featured on several dynamic and intricately arranged compositions. "Evocative storytelling is the hallmark of Razavi's music." - All About Jazz
Tracklist:
- Riverbed
- Blues In New Hues
- Looking Forward, Looking Back
- Blue And Grey Waltz
- With The Wind At My Back
- When The Ink Ran Dry
- Grvunkabop
- Portrait For Mingus
- Through The Fog
- Caravan