Tracks
- Gloria's Step (take 2)
- My Man's Gone Now
- Solar
- Alice in Wonderland (take 2)
- All of You (take 2)
- Jade Visions (take 2)
Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a beautiful album. It has a really nice sound to it. Each instrument sounds like its Platonic form, and that's because these guys appear to know their instruments intimately.
The drums are really quiet; I don't think I heard the bass drum once! So, the interplay between the bass and piano becomes the main feature. In fact, through my headphones, the bass is being played through the left channel and the piano through the right.
This jazz album has very little structure within each piece than the jazz albums previously discussed. So, while it sounds beautiful, it may seem confusing or perplexing. However, maybe beauty has structure and that's the structure being heard.
Perhaps the only trouble with the album is that the pieces sound alike. I believe it takes real skill to differentiate the pieces enough to know which one you are listening to without looking at the playlist.
No matter what, it's worth listening to. It's instantly enjoyable and just grows on you the more times you listen to it. All of the pieces are truly outstanding, but the ones I enjoyed a lot were Gloria's Step (take 2) and Solar.
★★★★★★★★★☆
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