Jazz fusion instrumental music alongside progressive together with option stone overtones. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 vast landscape of influences including Jazz, Rock, Modern Classical, together with Indian. Superb fusion from or together with thus legendary performers, Steve Hunt, producer, engineer, who recorded the album inwards his ain recording studio,"The Kitchen"also played keyboards, piano, together with organ (formerly alongside Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, together with Billy Cobham). New Bailiwick of Jersey guitar legend Pete McCann, was inwards the good known grouping The Mahavishnu Orchestra Project, which genuinely was favorably recognized past times John McGlaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra founder) himself . Steve Hunt together with Pete performed together inwards that project. Other musicians include Steve Michaud, drums, Guitarist Prassanna ("Slum Dog Millionaire" soundtrack contributor) on championship track. Guest appearance past times Boston legend soprano saxophonist Bill Vint on vocal "Awe". David Hines composed all music except collaboration alongside Steve Hunt on "Floating Dinosaurs" together with Steve Michaud composed, together with played drums on "Sons of Thunder". David plays 4 together with v string fretted together with fretless basses, together with keyboards.
Prolusion. Born into a musical menage unit of measurement (his parents were 2 famous opera singers), David HINES is a instrumentalist together with composer currently based inwards Boston, Massachusetts (USA). After a long career on the jazz/fusion scene, playing together with recording alongside many high-profile artists, Hines released his debut solo album, "Nebula", inwards 2005, alongside guitarist Allan Holdsworth guesting on 2 tracks. Its follow-up, "Inner Duality", came out at the terminate of 2009. The album features the collaboration of or together with thus highly regarded jazz-fusion musicians, such every bit drummer Steve Michaud together with keyboardist Steve Hunt (who also produced it), every bit good every bit Indian guitarist Prasanna (who is credited on the soundtrack of Academy Award-winning motion painting “Slumdog Millionaire”).
Analysis. In spite of his impressive career inwards music, David Hines’ cry is even together with thus relatively obscure fifty-fifty inwards jazz-rock/fusion circles. However, judging past times his sophomore effort, “Inner Duality”, he would amply deserve to a greater extent than recognition, both every bit a composer together with every bit a bassist. His approach to the genre may non last the almost cutting-edge you lot may abide by on today’s music scene, but this album only oozes course of teaching together with agency – 2 qualities that, inwards my book, are ever to a greater extent than than welcome. “Inner Duality” is 1 of those albums (quite rare these days) that impress for the easy, effortless catamenia of the music, played alongside exquisite yet subtle skill, all the spell avoiding the syndrome that all every bit good oft mars highly technical albums – that is, bludgeoning the listener over their caput alongside one’s chops. Moreover, David Hines together with his cohorts create gain to inject genuine emotion inwards their playing – something that many bands of the same ilk oft forget to do. The effect of the chemical scientific discipline betwixt the 4 musicians are 10 tracks of restrained length (the longest, album closer Leaf, clocking inwards at exactly nether 8 minutes), which avoid unloose pyrotechnics to concentrate rather on texture together with atmosphere. This is vintage jazz-rock, harking dorsum to the greats of the subgenre such every bit Mahavishnu Orchestra or Weather Report, though alongside a personal deport on that prevents it from sounding derivative. In or together with thus ways, “Inner Duality” resembles those albums past times progressive stone bands that pay homage to the initiators of the genre, though stamping their ain private imprint on the music. With such a consistently high score of quality, it is non tardily to unmarried out whatsoever tracks every bit item standouts. Hines’ stunningly fluid, nimble bass lines greet the listener correct from the offset of sunny, uptempo opener Funk Harbor, providing a enterprise foundation for DuCann’s guitar excursions. The title-track, alongside its varied pacing together with somber, intense mood, punctuated past times crashing cymbals together with enhanced past times the Eastern nuances of Prasanna’s guitar, is in all probability the closest the album gets to ‘conventional’ progressive stone – a bravura slice that manages to avoid turning into a mere technical showcase. The aforementioned Leaf is instead a spacious, airy slice total of melody, alongside Hines’ functioning oddly reminiscent of Jaco Pastorius on Joni Mitchell’s magnificent “Shadows together with Light” alive album – though it is the guitar-piano interplay that leaves the strongest impression. Hines’ fluid bass lines spar alongside the mournful, measured drone of the cello on In My Dreams Again, spell a funky vibe surfaces inwards the sax-infused Awe. Though the album bears Hines’ name, his immaculate bass move is non the exclusively star, having to percentage the limelight alongside Pete McCann’s scintillating, Allan Holdsworth-ian guitar together with Steve Hunt’ lush keyboards; spell drummer Steve Michaud, his science a subtle together with understated complement to Hines’ pneumatic bass, gets his ain private showcase inwards the short, snappy Sons of Thunder. Though or together with thus of the tracks may choose Mahavishnu Orchestra to mind, Hines’ band sounds to a greater extent than linear together with non every bit plainly intricate. In whatsoever case, this follow-up to Hines’ acclaimed debut, “Nebula”, volition non disappoint fans of high-quality jazz-fusion, together with volition also innovate newcomers to an extremely talented instrumentalist who deserves far to a greater extent than renown than he has achieved together with thus far.
Conclusion. While or together with thus jazz-fusion ‘experts’ may complain that “Inner Duality” sounds every bit good much similar a throwback to the glory days of the Seventies, the album is such an accomplished effort, every bit good every bit a rewarding listen, that I believe lovers of the genre would gain themselves a disservice past times passing it up. Music written together with played alongside such gustation together with course of teaching should ever last welcomed past times discerning listeners.
Tracks Listing
1. Funk Harbor (5.56)
2. Stinger (5.56)
3. Kinesis (5.56)
4. In My Dream, Again (3.54)
5. Awe (1.24)
6. Sons of Thunder (1.24)
7. Hinesite (5.10)
8. Inner Duality (6.56)
9. Floating Dinosaurs (4.47)
10. Leaf (7.54)
Total time: 53.25
Line-up / Musicians
David Hines / 5-string fretless bass, 4- together with 5-string fretted basses, keyboards
Steve Hunt / piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, percussion programming
Pete McCann / electrical guitar
Steve Michaud / drums
With:
Prasanna / guitar (8)
Bill Vint / soprano sax (5)
Sebastien Baverstam / cello (4)
Olga Caceanova / violin (4)
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