totally exciting original jazz Taylor Eigsti – PLOT ARMOR: This album releases on the 1st of March, 2024, and I can guarantee you won’t find such totally exciting original jazz elsewhere… here’s a live performance of the title track from the album…
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Taylor decided early on that he would have “twin masters” in each slot, so you get a kind of “double whammy” on each tune… fantastic players… (vocalist Lisa Fischer, trumpeter Terence Blanchard); vocals (Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens); saxophone (Ben Wendel, Dayna Stephens); guitar (Charles Altura, Julian Lage); keyboards/piano (Maya Kronfeld, the man himself); bass (David “DJ” Ginyard, Harish Raghavan); drums (Oscar Seaton, Jr., Kendrick Scott), plus many appearances by a layered string section (Stephanie Yu, Corinne Sobolewski, Mia Barcia-Colombo, Jules Levy)… the tune where that really came across the best is the 4:50 “Bucket of F’s” – one of the most amazing high-energy performances I’ve listened to (yet) in 2024!
If you’re looking for full-bodied jazz with heavy layering and forward-looking movement, you’ll find the 6:07 opening track, “Let You Bee”, will fill the bill… it is (without question) my personal favorite of the thirteen tantalizing jazz experiences offered up. I give Taylor and all his players a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating, with an “EQ” (energy quotient) score of 4.99.
You can PRE-ORDER, or just keep your eye on Taylor’s Spotify channel as it gets closer to the release date.
