Spain-based Fresh Sound Records keeps its finger on the jazz pulse for nascent talents, and this album by guitarist Rotem Sivan shows the benefits of hard detective work. He’s got a warm tone on his guitar, and uses it well with Haggai Cohen-Milo/b and Colin Stranahan/dr for a mix of covers and originals. Of the former, Sivan’s guitar chimes well with Cohen-Milo’s deep bass on “Angel Eyes” while the oblique “Fingerprints” has some sly cymbal pulsations driven by Stranahan and “In Walked Bud” bops along playfully. Sivan’s tactile sense is impressive as a foil to Stranahan’s sticks on “One For Aba” and shows romantic and reflective impulses on spacious material such as “Yam” and “I Wish You Were Here.” Daniel Wright provides some poetic vocals on “Almond tree” and Oded Tzur’s sax sighs on “I Fall In Love Too Easily,” rounding out an impressive and subtly swinging session.
Fresh Sound New Talent Records