360 Jazz Initiative: Please Only Tell Me Good News

Here’s an ambitious two disc set delivered by the team of Rachel Therrien/tp, Alex Upton/as, Rahsaan Barber/as-ts-bs, Roland Barber/tb, Juan Alamo/mar-perc, Baron Tymas/g, Stephen Anderson/p, Jason Foureman-Christopher Law/b, Dan Davis-Michael Shekwoaga Ode/dr and vocalist Ramune Marcinkeyviciute-Emma Gonzalez for a mix of originals and covers. Alamo’s marimbas work well around Foureman’s pulse on “What Now” while the percussion gets raucous on the Afro Cuban “Strolling”. Tymas’ guitar is richly toned for “Looking Up” and gentle for “Eclipsed” while the saxes are solid on “Open Sesame” and screechingly extroverted around the keys on”Latindia”.  Marcinkeviciute is lovely with Anderson on “ False Pretense” and Gonzalez burns the embers on “Can’t Help Lovin That Man”. Palpable textures.

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