Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Steve Davis / Jeanfrançois Prins - Light (GAM MUSIC 2018)


This pure jazz guitar trio album was recorded just a few days after the September 11, 2001 attack on NYC. The trio felt that even though it was hard to think about anything else, it was therefore even more important than usual to focus on sharing music without concessions, artifices and judgements with each other, and ultimately to send all that positive energy out in the world.


"This CD is very much like a set we would play live, as we recorded most of the tunes in one take, and the sequence of the tunes is in the order in which we recorded them. I guess one could say "recorded live in the studio"".
- Jeanfrançois Prins

"After each tune, we would find ourselves talking about the events of September 11th. It seemed to me that because of our raised consciousness, there was a real sense of abandonment to our playing that resulted in a real looseness in the music. We play because we have a burning and passionate love for music".
- Steve Davis

Jeanfrançois Prins guitar
Steve Davis drums
Larry Kohut bass

1. Someday My Prince Will Come 06:28
2. I Hear A Rhapsody 05:17
3. Leaving 05:44
4. It Ain't Necessarily So 07:02
5. Iris 03:16
6. How Deep Is The Ocean 05:03
7. My Main Man 05:34
8. The Peacocks 09:43
9. Footprints 08:36