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Metalwood – Twenty – CellarLive

by Audiophile Audition | Aug 22, 2016 | Jazz CD Reviews

Metalwood – Twenty – CellarLive CL02016 ****: The revitalization of a band devoted to electric/fusion jazz sounds. (Mike Murley – saxophones; Brad Turner – piano,triton,trumpet; Chris Tarry – electric bass; Ian Froman – drums) If you are into nostalgia for the electric/fusion jazz sounds like that of Weather Report, Return To Forever, and the Miles Davis band of the late ‘60s, then Metalwood’s newest offering called Twenty might be for you. This album is a revitalization for the same-named band that floated primarily in and around Canada in the late 90s and early 2000s, although there was some touring in the US and Europe. It also celebrates the twenty years since the group won it’s first Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy)  for their debut album Metalwood.  Over the intervening years, the playing of the members of the band has evolved as each one’s individual style and technique has matured. As part of this re-introduction to the listening public, ten new compositions were  written by Mike Murley, Brad Turner, and Chris Tarry. However compositional structure is often hard to define in this particular jazz form, as well as melody and time signatures. For the aficionado that is not particularly […]