Here is a review left by a customer on a product. Would you say he was satisfied or dissatisfied?
Title: this is not a good album
Review: As great as Gallant's earlier Blues For Allah Project is, that's how horrible this album is. I am a deadhead and a long time jazz fan. So my objection is not that these tracks don't sound like the originals. My objection is that they are too self consciously arty and over produced. They are almost entirely unlistenable. The execptions are the tracks, like Estimated Prophet, on which Gallant does what he is great at, wonderful big band charts that let the beauty and verasatility of the music become a playground for an excellent group of players swing.Too much strings, too much sampling, why is Bill Walton singing (rapping), regardless of how big a deadhead he is?Illuminati is a great live band. skip this cd.
