Title: Raw, Emotional, Inspriring
Product review: This is one of the best albums I have ever bought, and I own a lot of albums, especially jazz. This album has a fresh quality to it that is hard to find in jazz. Fans of more 'conventional' jazz might be turned off because this album feels less like sitting in the village vanguard and more like travelling through the middle east. The playing is excellent, but not perfect. Personally, that is how I like the musicianship, when virtuosic playing is abandoned for more emotionally driven solos that have a story-like quality to them. The trumpet is at times sensitive and soft, and other times fiery and alive. The bass playing is heavily groove-oriented, very simple and no doubt excellent in this context. The piano playing is great too-the solo on Assal gets me every time. This is a really fantastic album that showcases jazz musicians jamming on a very high level while still perfectly employing the 'world' sounds they likely grew up with. Recommend this album 100%.
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