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| Most helpful customer reviews 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The standouts for me were In the Court of the Crimson King and One Time. ItCotCK demonstrates the perfect blending of jazz and the original melody for me. I do not know the original melody for One Time, that comes from an incarnation of KC that I didn’t listen to but I loved the song. I will have to check out the original. Other very good songs were Frame by Frame, The Plank and Lament. The Plank is an original composition by Landers featuring mostly bass that I liked and Lament retained the original melody but layered a building intensity on it. The rest was good. I heartily recommend this CD to everyone, KC fans or not! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I had read that this had been recorded, but I was afraid it would never see the market. I have to admit I was compelled to buy this in large part to support the project, and especially Ian Wallace’s family’s income now that he is gone, and DGM/Inner Knot for putting it out. I had listened to the samples for Vol. 1, and I was not all that impressed, and expected this to fall somewhere in the Claude Bolling-like area of “Swing Crimson” as it was referred to in the liner notes. But the reviews have been good, so I jumped with kind of low expectations. However, I am here to say that this is a TERRIFIC ALBUM. The energy and engagement is very high. “Swing Crimson” does indeed sell this short. The style is somewhere in the Brad Mehldau-ish area, modern but poignant or swinging very hard in turn. The playing is just really good, interesting, joyful, and totally satisfying. Good jazz, tunes suited to the style, and a lot of fun. You can tell these guys just loved making this, had something to say, and totally said it. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. |
A very good music experience, a fitting final work
Far exceeded my expectations
