Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures
Need To Know, 2023
9/10
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The brainchild of the producer and bassist Frank Swart, this 12 part soundtrack takes inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth/The Hero’s Journey and rarely sits in one place for long thanks to the long list of players on hand.
The busy and funk filled textures of “The Life” opens the listen with David DR Robbins’s flute and sax alongside Swart’s fluid guitars, and “The Call” follows with Gary Bartz’s lively sax and Derrek Phillips’ proficient drumming that complements the hazy guitars.
Deeper into the listen, Warren Wolf’s vibraphone acrobatics really add much intrigue to the rich “The Crossing”, while “The Approach” features Bill Evans on sax and Scott Amendola on drums for the groove filled, jazz-rock.
Close to the end, the hectic “The Resurrection” meshes Mike Clark’s dense drums and Swart’s playful bass lines in a cinematic sort of way, and “The Return” brings in Christopher Hoffman’s stirring cello and Simone Pannozzo’s marching band style drumming for the more minimal direction of the creative finish.
A very colorful and unpredictable body of work, Swart approaches jazz in an iconoclastic fashion, and it truly makes each track here radiate in its own light.
Travels well with: Emmett Goods- Another Level; Jakob Dreyer- Songs, Hymns And Ballads Vol. 2